Beere v National Australia Bank

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

Federal Court of Australia

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

04/06/2024

LITIGATION TYPE

Corporate Accountability

SUBJECT MATTER

Transparency and disclosure

REVIEW TYPE

N/A

SUMMARY

A shareholder in NAB, Diana Beere, filed an application in the Federal Court of Australia seeking access to internal company documents under s 247A of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). She is seeking access to documents about the bank’s reported corporate loan financing to New Hope and Whitehaven Coal (companies that have or are proposing new thermal coal projects). In addition, she is seeking documents about NAB's financing of the Coastal GasLink gas pipeline project in Canada and for Santos and its Barossa gas project near the Tiwi Islands. 

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