New Yorkers are usually one step ahead on trends, even when it comes to the pandemic. Manhattan streets are alive with vaccinated office workers, but one thing has not returned with them: classic business attire. Wall Street lawyers and bankers are strolling back to the office wearing jeans, t-shirts and […]
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Seqwater wins appeal into 2011 Brisbane flood, victims now high and dry
She said Maurice Blackburn lawyers explained the ruling to her on Tuesday and she was “devastated” by the news, after suffering a stroke two months ago and losing her husband, John, in 2020. “It’s just going to be the last straw for some people,” Ms Lynch said. “I’m disappointed, and […]
Melbourne’s little corner store that has traded since 1884
Records show the vendor was Waratah Properties, which bought the factory behind Westgarth Primary School, in 1973. The company was formerly known as Steiger and Boehm, a company which featured in the 1982 Royal Commission into the Meat Industry for its part in the 1970s meat substitution scandal. Colliers agents […]
Terror trio unlikely to have plotted attack without inducement from undercover cop
The trio went as far as paying a $450 deposit for a rifle, but they abandoned their plans to buy the firearm the day before their arrests on November 20, 2018. They have been in custody since. Hanifi Halis.Credit:Nine News Judge O’Connell said the three men had embraced an opportunity […]
ATO accuses PwC of improper use of lawyers to conceal tax affairs
Accounting giant PwC has been accused of improperly using lawyers to provide tax advice to multinational clients for the sole purpose of invoking legal privilege to deny authorities access to documents during tax audits. The Australian Tax Office launched a lawsuit against big four accounting firm PwC last June to […]
Santos hit with climate change lawsuit over ‘net zero’ claims from ACCR
Oil and gas giant Santos has been hit with a lawsuit over allegedly misleading and deceptive claims about its environmental credentials, including that the company has a clear plan to achieve net zero emissions by 2040 and that natural gas is a ‘clean fuel’. The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility […]