Another head has rolled in the corporate watchdog’s investigation into Victoria Park-based car financing business Get Approved Finance, with Grant Parker permanently banned from the industry.
The Federal Court has ordered the former managing director of a Western Australian-controlled egg producer to pay a $120,000 penalty for attempting to induce a cartel arrangement between competing producers.
The Fair Work Commission has ruled that fly-in, fly-out workers should not receive extra pay if demobilised from a job while on a rest and relaxation period.
The state’s workplace safety watchdog has commended construction sites within the CBD for keeping up good compliance with workplace safety laws, but could not do the same for restaurants and cafes.
The corporate watchdog has permanently banned two local brokers from providing financial services for misconduct, while winding-up three abandoned companies based in Western Australia.
The state’s building commissioner says contractors and suppliers need to be paid within 50 days, as controversy over the extension of Rio Tinto’s payment terms continues.
Wesfarmers has disclosed that $18.1 million worth of supplier rebates had artificially inflated Target’s half-year earnings and up to 10 people were involved in the collusion.
Wesfarmers has announced the resignation of Target managing director Stuart Machin, just days after it confirmed an investigation into accusations that supplier rebates may have artificially inflated
The Federal Court has permanently restrained the marketing and promotion of a Pilbara property scheme involving Perth-based Macro Realty Developments and east coast investment promoter Jamie McIntyre.
Former Patersons Securities WA state manager Lewis Fellowes has been charged with using nearly $1.6 million in clients’ money for his personal use, and could be looking at up to 12 years behind bars.
Former Hanlong Mining boss Hui Xiao has been handed an eight-year prison sentence by a Sydney court for insider trading with regards to two Perth resources companies.
The Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation, which has been mired in years of controversy, has been referred to the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations after the Supreme Court found it did not have validly appointed directors.
Privately owned Perth company Eclipse Resources is facing a bill of more than $10.5 million after losing a challenge to the state government’s landfill levy.
The corporate watchdog has told the public to steer clear of a potential scam website that uses the same registered business name and the same business number as the recently privatised Market City.
The state’s environment minister has picked three legal professionals to conduct a review into the Environmental Protection Authority, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Roe 8 highway project last month.
The executive chairman of Wembley-based ACI Broking Services has been banned from providing financial services for four years by the corporate watchdog.
Fewer food operators were convicted for unsanitary and unsafe practices in 2015 than in the previous 12 months, but there were still nearly $240,000 in fines handed out to 16 venues across the city this year.
The corporate watchdog has banned a former Northbridge-based bank manager from providing financial services for stealing up to $515,000 during his tenure.
