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Tasmanians and their supporters would be surprised to learn that Warner Bros with an annual revenue of $US 26 billion could have stopped the use of the name of the newly formed franchise in its tracks.

Online florist and gift retailer Bloomex has been fined $1 million for making false and misleading representations on its website.

Businesses in NSW are set to face steeper penalties for environmental crimes, with the state government warning companies will no longer be able to treat fines as “the cost of doing business”. 

Mosaic owns apparel brands including Millers, Rockmans, Noni B, Rivers, Katies, Autograph, W Lane, Crossroads and Beme.

More than 100 hours of secret police recordings will be played at the trial of a group of men accused of illegally withholding over $13 million of tax from the government.

If the latest filing against Apple goes ahead, it will mean each of the “big four” tech companies – Amazon, Meta, Google and Apple – will have been sued by the US federal government within the past five years for monopolistic business practices.

A telco has been fined more than $100,000 for failing to prevent mobile number fraud and reduce scam text messages over a five-year period.

Compensation could include a credit to their Australia Post account, a payment to a nominated bank account or a cheque.

'Black cladding' is a practice where a non-Indigenous business takes unfair advantage to win otherwise inaccessible Indigenous deals.

The corporate regulator is taking a stern approach to company directors yet to sign up for a Director Identification Number, a senior lawyer says, as industry leaders question if the mandatory scheme is still fit for purpose.

The ACCC also alleged Emma Sleep misled consumers by offering a limited sales campaign whose countdown timers reset itself.

Australian businesses now have a “positive duty” to prevent sexual harassment, with new sexual discrimination enforcement laws coming into place.