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Mazda fined $11.5m for misleading buyers on faulty cars

One of Australia's most popular car brands has been fined $11.5 million for misleading nine customers about their rights to refunds or replacement cars.

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Ten lawyer defends approving 'inadvisable, inappropriate' Wilkinson speech

The Logies speech delayed the Bruce Lehrmann criminal trial.

The Canberra Times

Wilkinson felt 'isolated, unprotected, abandoned' by Network Ten

Ten made 'one pathetic excuse after another' not to defend journalist: lawyer.

The Canberra Times

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Malaysia’s top court rules some Islamic laws in Kelantan unconstitutional

Majority ruling could have major legal implications in multiethnic country that operates a dual judicial system.

Al Jazeera

Westpac’s latest insider trading scandal shows corporate crime still pays

A $1.8 million fine has been doled out to Westpac for ‘unconscionable conduct’ that netted the bank $20 million, with a judge calling the punishment ‘risible’.

Crikey

Firefighter union claims minister acted unlawfully

The United Firefighters Union claims Victoria's attorney-general coerced Fire Rescue Victoria not to take part in a fire registration board.

AAP

Westpac to pay millions after 'unconscionable conduct'

After being taken to court by the corporate watchdog, Westpac has been penalised for engaging in in unconscionable conduct in 2016.

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ME Bank fined $820k for misleading home loan customers

ME Bank has admitted sending incorrect letters to hundreds of home loan customers because of a technical software issue.

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Tiwi Islanders lose challenge against Santos' pipeline

Tiwi Islands traditional owner Simon Munkara has lost his Federal Court case seeking an injunction against Santos' Barossa gas export pipeline in the Timor Sea.

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NSW premier flags pivot for forestry after court battle

The premier says NSW's forestry industry can't remain static and change is coming after environmentalists lost a court battle over forest protections.

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UN finds Australia in breach of human rights covenant

Australia breached the cultural rights of the Wunna Nyiyaparli people, the United Nations Human Rights Committee says, raising questions about native title.

AAP

War criminals, surgeons, Murdoch: What a wild defamation year we had in 2023

Defamation law had a 2023 to remember, with some of the biggest cases in Australian history coming before the courts.

Crikey

'Cheap, nasty' Reynolds involved in cover-up: Wilkinson

Journalist Lisa Wilkinson has given evidence in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial, accusing Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds of "deplorable" conduct.

AAP

ANZ fined by regulator over disclosure failings

The Federal Court has ordered ANZ to pay a $900,000 penalty for failing to transparently declare where its shares went in a 2015 capital raising event.

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Brittany Higgins’ payout $2.4m, not $2.3m

Brittany Higgins received a settlement of $2.4 million from the Commonwealth with no admission of liability, contrary to what she told the Federal Court in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation suit, and broadcaster Alan Jones says he will sue over Nine newspapers’ allegations he indecently assaulted young men.

The Conversation

Nobody reads T&C's – but the High Court’s Ruby Princess decision shows consumer law may protect us anyway

How many times have you booked travel - like a cruise or a tour - and simply clicked that you’ve read and agreed to the terms and conditions for your trip without actually reading them?

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Co-star's widow suing Matt Wright's chopper company

The widow of Outback Wrangler star Chris Wilson is suing his co-star Matt Wright's helicopter company and the aviation safety regulator.

AAP

Bruise may not have been from alleged rape: Higgins

Brittany Higgins has been quizzed over a bruise allegedly sustained on the night of her claimed rape at Parliament House in Canberra.

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Federal Court Rule That Voluntary Assisted Dying Is The Same As Suicide Under Criminal Law

The Federal Court has ruled that voluntary assisted dying (VAD) is considered suicide under criminal law. The decision has been slammed by euthanasia advocates as “retrograde” and “out of step with both contemporary medicine, and contemporary Australia.” This massive decision means that any medical professionals who provide a patient with…

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Hefty fine for RACQ after misleading discounts

Insurer RACQ has been hit with a $10 million penalty in the Federal Court after potentially misleading customers about price discounts.

AAP

Doctors risk charges over online voluntary euthanasia

The Federal Court has ruled voluntary assisted dying laws equate to suicide, leaving doctors who help patients end their lives online at risk of prosecution.

Crikey

Lehrmann’s house of lies, Ben Roberts-Smith pays, and television mourns Bridget Munro

This week in Media Briefs, both Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins take the stand in the defamation action between Lehrmann and Network 10.

AAP

Higgins says she couldn't scream during alleged rape

Brittany Higgins has detailed her alleged rape by Bruce Lehrmann and criticised the government response while testifying at his Federal Court defamation trial.

AAP

Apology for 'shameful' theft of Indigenous worker wages

The West Australian premier has formally apologised to Indigenous workers who received little to no pay for almost 40 years.

Crikey

‘Argentinian Trump’ triumphs, and Ben Roberts-Smith spinner and ‘UFO expert’ lands new gig

Ross Coulthart — variously employed as a 60 Minutes journo, a PR guy for Ben Roberts-Smith and a ‘UFO expert’ — has an exciting new job in the US. And Argentina has a new president.

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