The director of a solar energy business that was based in WA for five years has been ordered to repay $48,000 for falsely claiming to have installed 11 solar systems.
Australian business leaders have increased their investments in sustainability ahead of potential tighter climate change targets, a Deloitte report reveals.
Aspiring Perth-based oil and gas company Black Mountain Energy has been fined almost $40,000 for "greenwashing" its sustainability statements on the stock market.
A proposal to clear more than 600 hectares of native vegetation to make way for an expansion at Fortescue’s new iron ore mine will be scrutinised by the state’s environmental watchdog.
WA-based companies Vivian Plumbing and Civil, and Badge Constructions have been fined a total of $720,000, after a worker drowned at a Mosman Park site.
A Kununurra hydraulic repair company and its sole director will be forced to pay $435,000 over a forklift incident that left a teenage worker with life-threatening injuries.
Australia’s corporate regulator has launched legal proceedings against 11 directors and officers of The Star Entertainment Group and again defended not taking similar action against Crown Resorts.
Former Quintis director Graeme Scott has had an early victory in his defamation battle with several of the company's most senior executives, with the Supreme Court ruling there should be no restriction on his access to one of the documents at the centre of the case.
Rio Tinto’s Dampier Salt has been hit with a $20,000 fine after a worker was injured when his head became trapped between an elevated working platform and a salt stacker.
The liquidators of Brierty have been given the all-clear to pursue $8.7 million in alleged preferential payments made before the contractor’s 2017 collapse.
Perth company Austal has accepted it breached its continuous disclosure obligations and agreed to pay a financial penalty as part of a settlement with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
Former dealmaker Peter Landau has pleaded guilty to theft, forgery and providing false documents to the corporate watchdog during his time at two failed exploration companies.
ASIC chair Joe Longo has expressed his concern regarding the number of retail investors putting their money into ‘unregulated, volatile’ crypto-assets after new research revealed its popularity with less experienced investors.
