Volkswagen loses appeal of landmark $125M fine in ‘turning point’ for ACCC

ACCC 2021-04-09 8:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne | Sydney

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Volkswagen has lost its challenge to a landmark $125 million Dieselgate penalty handed down by a judge who lambasted a $75 million fine proposed by the ACCC as “manifestly inadequate”, in what ACCC chair Rod Sims told Lawyerly was a “turning point” for the regulator to push for higher fines.

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