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Where?
by authority- Federal Court of Australia (auf Antrag der Australian Securities and Investments Commission, ASIC) 1 case 100 % · €4.18m
What for?
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per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
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| Q4 2023 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2025 | 1 | €4.18m |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2026 | 0 | – |
1 case
26 Aug 2025 TerraCom LimitedTerraCom: AUD 7.5m penalty for victimising a whistleblower €4.18m
In 2020 the ASX-listed coal mining company used two ASX announcements and an open letter to shareholders to present as false the allegations of a former senior employee about coal quality certificates amended without proper justification, although an independent investigation at least partly supported them. On the basis of an admission and a jointly proposed penalty, the Court found a contravention of the prohibition on victimising whistleblowers and allegedly imposed AUD 7.5 million (payable in two instalments); TerraCom also pays AUD 1 million of ASIC’s costs. It is ASIC’s first enforcement outcome for breaches of the whistleblower protection provisions.
Public statements about whistleblower allegations should be legally reviewed beforehand, as even disparaging announcements can amount to prohibited detriment.
Protecting whistleblowers from detriment, including through the company’s public statements
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Federal Court of Australia (auf Antrag der Australian Securities and Investments Commission, ASIC)
- Area of law
- Whistleblower protection · Retaliation against whistleblowers
- Legal basis
- s 1317AC(1) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth); Strafe nach s 1317G
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Culpability
- intentional
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- Admission of the contravention and jointly proposed penalty following mediation; revised whistleblower policy and training for senior leaders and the board in May 2025; no previous court findings of a similar kind.
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not set out here.
- Published
- 27 Aug 2025
Original amount 7,500,000 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 26 Aug 2025.
- ASIC 25-179MR: TerraCom to pay $7.5 million after ASIC whistleblower action Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link