Australia

APRA placed rigorous license conditions on Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited on August 18, 2026, compelling it to implement a $70 million AUD remediation program to address its weaknesses in governance, accountability, and risk management.

On the date of 3rd July, 2026, the Federal Court mandated a $20.5 million AUD fine on ASX Limited for having made misleading comments regarding its critically delayed and high-risk project to replace CHESS.

Federal Court of Australia imposed a fine on Mercer Superannuation (Australia) Limited of AU$10.3 million on 29 June 2026 for non-compliance issues related to failing to report the results of important internal investigations about fees charged and deceased members.

In the year 2026, on June 3rd, the court imposed fines on the former director of D365 Group Pty Ltd, David Mark Blumentals, amounting to $35,308 AUD, with an additional obligation of $148,812 AUD owed to 16 underpaid IT consultants.

On June 12, 2026, the Federal Court imposed penalties worth $300.2 million AUD on Union Standard, Maxi EFX, and BrightAU Capital for engaging in predatory marketing practices that led to a loss of $83 million AUD for their retail customers.

In the year 2026 on June 3rd, the court imposed fines on the former director of D365.Group Pty Ltd, David Mark Blumentals, amounting to $35,308 AUD, with an additional obligation of $148,812 AUD owed to 16 underpaid IT consultants

On 27 May 2026, the Federal Court directed Westpac to pay a civil penalty of $26 million AUD after failing to assess applications for financial hardship from 277 vulnerable customers within statutory timelines.

A $45,000 AUD fine was imposed on Princeton Securities (NSW) Pty Ltd by the Federal Court of Australia for its non-compliance with an infringement notice issued by the AUSTRAC concerning a missed compliance report under the Anti-Money Laundering Act.

Castra Licensee Pty Ltd was penalized with a fine of $50,000 AUD and $15,000 AUD in costs due to its non-compliance with an infringement notice issued by AUSTRAC on a missing anti-money laundering compliance report.

After an ASIC prosecution, the Federal Court fined Walker Stores Pty Ltd, trading under the name of Snaffle, AUD 33.5 million for engaging in systematic price gouging against vulnerable customers on credit agreements.

In April 2, 2026, APRA made stringent licensing requirements for Fiducian Portfolio Services Limited following industry-wide review which identified serious deficiencies in risk management and governance in its $3.1 billion superannuation fund.

Qteq Pty Ltd was fined $5 million and the chairman of the company was fined $1 million by the Federal Court on March 26, 2026 for five instances of making illegal attempts to create cartels among their competitors.

Qteq Pty Ltd was fined $5 million and the chairman of the company was fined $1 million by the Federal Court on March 26, 2026 for five instances of making illegal attempts to create cartels among their competitors.

The NSW Supreme Court made an order on 16 March 2026 for Macquarie Securities (Australia) Limited to pay $35 million as a fine due to the misreporting of millions of short sales during 14 years.

On 13 March 2026, it was ordered that The Ella Group (NSW) Pty Ltd (Funtime Childcare), as well as its director, would pay a penalty of $45,072 AUD because they failed to adhere to a Fair Work Ombudsman back-payment notice regarding a young employee.

Penalties for systemic failures involving misconduct which impacted nearly 65,000 retail bank customers – the biggest such penalty ever secured by ASIC against a single entity.

The OAIC initiated legal proceedings on 8 August 2025 against Singtel Optus and Optus Systems for failing to address cybersecurity issues that resulted in the exposure of personal information of 9.5 million Australians in 2022.

On 5 June 2024, the OAIC brought about civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court against Medibank Private Limited for not safeguarding the sensitive information and health information of 9.7 million Australians during its data breach in 2022.

AUSTRAC identified serious and systemic breaches of AML/CTF requirements at Crown's casinos in Melbourne and Perth, involving insufficient customer due diligence and monitoring of high-risk 'junket' customers over many years.