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Government showed ‘reckless indifference’ to wildlife by approving mine waste dump, suit says
Energy & Natural Resources 2022-03-08 10:59 am By Sam Matthews

A Tasmanian environmental group is taking the state and federal governments to court over a mining company’s plan to dump toxic waste into Tarkine rainforest in the island’s north west, which the group says could lead to the extinction of the Tasmanian masked owl.

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WA premier says death threats followed Clive Palmer’s ‘outrageous’ remarks
Barry Dean 2022-03-07 9:39 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Taking the stand Monday in a defamation dispute with mining billionaire Clive Palmer, WA premier Mark McGowan said Palmer’s “hurtful and outrageous” public comments led to death threats against his wife and family.

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Rio Tinto must pay $750,000 for disclosure breaches over $5.8B acquisition
ASIC 2022-03-07 10:56 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Mining giant Rio Tinto has been ordered to pay a $750,000 penalty in ASIC’s case over a disclosure breach linked to its $5.8 billion purchase of a Mozambique coal mining company.

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ASIC to target company directors over cyber risk, climate change disclosures 
ASIC 2022-03-03 9:32 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Directors have been warned by the corporate regulator to take an active role in the management of cyber risks or face enforcement action.

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Law firm can’t slug group members with adverse costs bill in bushfire class actions
Andrew Fraatz 2022-03-03 6:05 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A law firm that ran two class actions over the St Patrick’s Day bushfires has lost a bid to have group members foot the bill for $50,000 in adverse costs, with a judge saying there was “no basis” for the request.

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Corestaff to pay $6.4M to settle class action by Papua New Guinea workers
Class Actions 2022-03-02 12:22 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Labour hire firm CoreStaff will pay $6.4 million to settle a class action accusing it of using the promise of long-term work to lure workers to Australia from Papua New Guinea, only to terminate their employment agreements less than three years after they made the move.

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Court tosses challenges to Woodside expansion of Scarborough LNG project
Alan Sefton 2022-03-02 11:21 am By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The WA Supreme Court has thrown out challenges to Woodside Energy’s proposals to expand its Scarborough LNG project, finding there were no errors in the state EPA’s approval.

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ATO wins urgent orders freezing $220M from State Grid sale of AusNet shares
Amelia Wheatley 2022-02-28 10:51 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The ATO has secured freezing orders on $220 million in capital gains tax arising from the $19 billion private equity sale by China’s State Grid of its substantial shareholding in energy infrastructure giant AusNet.

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ASIC drops most claims against Rio Tinto over $5.8B acquisition
Allen & Overy 2022-02-28 1:31 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has dropped all but one claim against Rio Tinto in a four-year-long case over disclosures related to its troubled $5.8 billion acquisition of a Mozambique coal mining business and abandoned all claims against the mining giant’s former CEO and CFO.

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BHP unit’s Christmas Day work requirement reasonable, court says
Claire Howell 2022-02-23 7:31 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A court has shut down action by the CFMEU  on behalf of coal miners who were rostered to work Christmas Day and Boxing Day at the Daunia Mine in central Queensland in 2019.

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