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'Abandoning customers': lenders fail battling borrowers

'Abandoning customers': lenders fail battling borrowers

Mortgage stress in Australia is at its highest level since the global financial crisis but many borrowers are finding it too hard to get help from their bank.

Powercor cops $2.1m fine after growth sparked bushfire

Powercor cops $2.1m fine after growth sparked bushfire

Powercor cops $2.1m fine after growth sparked bushfire

Powercor cops $2.1m fine after growth sparked bushfire

A Victorian electricity distributor has been fined more than $2 million for failing to maintain vegetation under its powerlines, sparking a bushfire.

Streamers have paused Australian content commissioning

Streamers have paused Australian content commissioning

Streamers have paused Australian content commissioning

Streamers have paused Australian content commissioning

Streamers have pressed pause on Australian screen projects while they wait for the federal government to settle local content quotas, an inquiry has been told.

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Four months on, evidence arrives in APY arts probe

Four months on, evidence arrives in APY arts probe

Almost four months after it was asked to investigate the APY Arts Centre Collective, the watchdog for Aboriginal corporations has received some evidence.

Doctor suspended, clinic boss claims 'witch hunt'

Doctor suspended, clinic boss claims 'witch hunt'

The boss of a women's health clinic claims there's been a "witch hunt" after a doctor was suspended in the weeks following a mother's death.

Origin fined for breach of family violence care

Origin fined for breach of family violence care

Origin Energy failed to protect vulnerable customers after referring customers affected by family violence to debt collectors to recoup overdue fees.

Underpaid Optus workers get $7.8m in backpay from telco

Underpaid Optus workers get $7.8m in backpay from telco

Telecommunications company Optus will reimburse thousands of current and former employees after underpaying them for six years.

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Aust Post's $2.9m compo bill for lost, damaged parcels

Aust Post's $2.9m compo bill for lost, damaged parcels

Aust Post's $2.9m compo bill for lost, damaged parcels

Aust Post's $2.9m compo bill for lost, damaged parcels

More than 10,000 businesses will share in millions of dollars after Australia Post admitted to failing to accept compensation requests.

Qantas faces court over misleading ticket sales

Qantas faces court over misleading ticket sales

Qantas faces court over misleading ticket sales

Qantas faces court over misleading ticket sales

Qantas has appeared before the Federal Court over the airline's decision to sell tickets for already cancelled flights.

AGL cops $800k in fines for 'best offer' errors

AGL cops $800k in fines for 'best offer' errors

AGL cops $800k in fines for 'best offer' errors

AGL cops $800k in fines for 'best offer' errors

Energy giant AGL has paid nearly $800,000 in fines after failing to use a prescribed formula for its best offer check.

Crypto regulation proposal a 'critical milestone'

Crypto regulation proposal a 'critical milestone'

Crypto regulation proposal a 'critical milestone'

Crypto regulation proposal a 'critical milestone'

Australian cryptocurrency exchanges are mostly welcoming a proposal to subject them to the same licensing rules as traditional financial institutions.

Pokies giant to pay up for gambling control breaches

Pokies giant to pay up for gambling control breaches

Pokies giant to pay up for gambling control breaches

Pokies giant to pay up for gambling control breaches

Serious breaches of gambling law have landed Australia's biggest pokies operator a six-figure fine in a verdict welcomed by gaming regulators.

Council wheels out tiny homes to tackle housing crisis

Council wheels out tiny homes to tackle housing crisis

Council wheels out tiny homes to tackle housing crisis

Council wheels out tiny homes to tackle housing crisis

A council's move to soften restrictions on caravans and tiny houses could ease the housing crisis and offer fertile ground for new industry, an expert says.

Pubs and clubs warned ahead of pokie compliance blitz

Pubs and clubs warned ahead of pokie compliance blitz

Pubs and clubs warned ahead of pokie compliance blitz

Pubs and clubs warned ahead of pokie compliance blitz

Liquor & Gaming NSW is launching a new phase of a targeted program to ensure pubs and clubs are complying with key gaming harm-minimisation measures.

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Spam mail crackdown continues with $1 million fine

A mechanic company which sent nearly two million texts and emails that failed to meet spam law requirements has been slapped with a $1 million fine.

Casino tax claims and cover-up land Crown $20m fine

Crown Melbourne has been fined $20 million for wrongly claiming tax deductions and trying to conceal their nature in another blow for the casino giant.

Former Syd fund manager banned for naked short selling

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned former Gleneagle Securities fund manager Greg Tolpigin for three years for naked short selling.

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