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$22.68 million in penalties have been handed down by the Federal Court, the largest amount in Research and Development Tax (R&DT) history.

NAB faces potential class action proceedings over excess superannuation fees levied by its wealth arm. William Roberts Lawyers is inviting MLC Super fund customers to sign up to the no-win, no-fee action, which is backed by litigation funder IMF Bentham and will seek compensation plus interest for the excess fees. The action will allege that, […]

Global litigation funding provider Therium Litigation Finance is funding a class action against Domino’s Pizza Enterprises, claiming the Australian pizza giant and its franchises systemically underpaid workers. Law firm Phi Finney McDonald alleges that most delivery and in-store Domino’s workers were paid less than they should have from June 24, 2013 through January 24, 2018. […]

Consumer confidence edged up marginally over the weekend as respondents felt optimistic about their finances despite gloom about the economy at large. The ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence index gained 0.1 per cent from the previous week, with respondents’ perception of the country’s current economic conditions – including the outlook for the next 12 months […]

ANZ’s NZ chief executive has left the bank after an internal review raised concern among board members over his personal expenses. ANZ on Monday said David Hisco had accepted that “characterisation of the expenses falls short of the standards required” and had been replaced as ANZ NZ CEO on an interim basis by Antonia Watson. […]

Today the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA) has released comparison findings on the policies proposed by the Coalition and the Australian Labor Party (ALP) that will effect small businesses. The policies were assessed based on areas considered to be of high importance to the small business community. As part of the findings, COSBOA […]

Optus Business and Wholesale today announced it has selected Sophos, a global leader in network and endpoint security, as its main cybersecurity technology partner. “Our goal is to protect the data of small businesses at the points where it is most vulnerable – at the endpoint and through phishing and suspicious URL attacks that target […]

Shoppers are changing their ways.

Business in hot water for ‘misleading’ customers.

Dynamic Business chooses the best snippets of the week.