Hannah Wootton

Citing Facebook parent Meta’s purchase of Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014, Gina Cass-Gottlieb said it was important the ACCC was able to think broadly about merger effects.

The claim that ESSSuper left customers more than $40 million out of pocket could prove a test case on how rigorously the $3.6 trillion industry is held accountable for meeting its trustee duties.

The judgment sheds light on modern understandings of consent – or, as Justice Lee said, what “the ordinary person on the Belconnen omnibus” views as rape.

Funds management veteran Geoff Wilson says Labor’s controversial plan to tax unrealised gains on big superannuation accounts will discourage investment in local firms.

A former Federal Court chief justice says the reforms were likely unconstitutional and would stymie efforts to improve the number of women on the bench.

But AustralianSuper says it will back the businessman, even as it votes against the oil and gas giant’s climate plans, at a shareholder meeting on Wednesday.

The ACCC has not yet signed off on the government’s ‘Climate Active’ carbon neutrality certification even though more than 500 companies already use it.

Double taxation was “a natural consequence” of Labor’s plan to tax unrealised gains under its proposed tax increase on super balances over $3 million, the shadow treasurer said.

Super funds are expected to end the financial year “a lot better than expected”, new data shows, with returns already nearly surpassing last year’s results.

Labor announced it was reviewing the test after several funds said the current rules stopped them investing in the “nation building” initiatives the government wanted them to bankroll.