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ExxonMobil takes $182M dispute with ATO to court
Oil company ExxonMobil has appealed decisions by the Australian Taxation Office to refuse deductions on profits from the sale of petrol from the largest oil field in Australia, claiming its taxable profits over four years should be reduced by $181.8 million.
ACCC zaps CovaU with $33,000 penalty over missing price comparisons
Energy retailer CovaU has been hit with $33,300 in penalties by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission over its alleged failure to provide consumers with a percentage price comparison for its residential electricity plans.
‘Capricious’ conduct by Morrison government dooms Beetaloo gas contract
A judge has voided contracts between the Morrison government and a subsidiary of Empire Energy for gas exploration in the Beetaloo Basin after finding the decision to enter the agreement in the midst of litigation was "legally unreasonable or capricious".
Ex-Antares Energy CEO banned for misleading market about $354M Texas oil sale
The former CEO and chairman of Antares Energy has been banned from managing corporations for four years and hit with a $40,000 penalty for failing to disclose to the market the buyer behind an ill-fated US$254 million acquisition of Texas oil assets.
Ian Macdonald, Obeids to spend Christmas in prison
A judge has rejected a request for bail by NSW Labor Minister Ian Macdonald, Eddie Obeid and his son Moses as they appeal their convictions for conspiring to rig a tender process and secure a coal mining exploration licence for the Obeids' land in the Bylong Valley.
Funder of Qld energy class action takes on MIS rules in appeal
A litigation funder has taken aim at a landmark judgment in an appeal of a ruling that found its funding arrangement with group members in a class action against Queensland energy suppliers was a managed investment scheme.
ACCC clears Woodside’s $41B takeover of BHP unit
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has will not oppose Woodside Petroleum’s $41 billion acquisition of BHP Petroleum International, saying the oil and gas giant would have no incentive to reduce domestic gas supply.
PTTEP appeals win for Indonesian seaweed farmers in oil spill class action
Oil exploration company PTTEP has appealed a judge's findings that oil that gushed from one of its wells in the Timor Sea in 2009 reached the coasts of Indonesian islands and damaged the crops of local seaweed farmers.
Arrium class action seeks unredacted KPMG audit file
Shareholders in a class action against failed steel giant Arrium and KPMG are seeking an unredacted version of an audit file by KPMG to probe the accounting giant's handling of the steel producer's financial statements before its collapse in April 2016.
Sunwater loses dispute with Liberty over coverage for Queensland floods class action
Liberty Mutual Insurance does not have to indemnify dam operator Sunwater for its share of a $440 million settlement of the Queensland floods class action, the NSW Supreme Court has found.