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Super leaders take out King's Birthday honours

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
... Women, was awarded a Companion of the Order of Australia in the general division for her eminent service in the social justice, gender equity, sporting, cultural, and business sectors as well as for her contributions to reconciliation and environmental ...

Active Super found guilty of greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... associate "gambling related social ills" with poker machines, casinos, and online sports betting agencies. In Federal Court, Justice O'Callaghan disagreed, saying that an average person would consider running lotteries to be gambling as a "matter ...

Broken promises leave survivors in the lurch

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
... damages from the superannuation of offenders. Absent these changes, the consultation paper will fall far short of providing justice," he said. At the time, Jones said "the government will act quickly" to close the loophole. He said on national radio ...

Federal Court rejects two CBA class actions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... Bridgeway (formerly IMF Bentham) funded the 2017 shareholder class action against CBA together with Maurice Balckburn Lawyers. Justice David Yates said in his decision on May 10 that the applicants could not establish the bank contravened s 674(2) of ...

Court approves $16m DASS settlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... the $16 million class action brought against Dixon Advisory & Superannuation Services (DASS) following a two-week delay. Justice Thawley sought to gather more information for the victims in delaying the approval. The Australian Financial Complaints Authority ...

Adam Blumenthal ordered to pay $850k

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
... employ trading strategies, and his intention of presenting a false or misleading picture to the market for Creso shares," Justice Stewart said in his judgement. "The contraventions concerned fundamental obligations by a senior officeholder in each corporation ...

State supports move to close super loophole exploited by paedophiles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... survivors who are living with a life sentence, who are living with a life of shame and blame to come forward and seek justice. "The support of the South Australian Parliament in pushing to close the loophole and to allow victim survivors of child sexual ...

'Licensee for hire' fined $1.25m by court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... cybersecurity management processes or the like in place, using a paper filing system until September 2020. Issuing the penalty, Justice McEvoy said the contraventions were serious and systemic, saying Lanterne's conduct fell well short of the reasonable ...

Court delays DASS class action settlement approval

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
... interest. Last November, E&P settled the lawsuit for $16 million and was due to be approved by the Federal Court on April 3. "Justice Thawley has adjourned the settlement approval hearing to April 17 to allow the applicant to provide further information ...

Court rejects Provide Capital's 'illogical' application

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
... rejected Provide Capital's "illogical" application to prevent ASIC conducting further investigation into the firm. Justice Rofe dismissed Provide Capital's application that alleged ASIC did not have the state of mind required to conduct an investigation ...