The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) announced that the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions has discontinued charges laid against David Justin Burke of Natural Bridge, Queensland. Mr Burke had been charged in 2018 with five counts of giving false or misleading information to ASIC during its investigation of G8 Education Limited’s 2015 takeover bid for Affinity Education Group Limited. ASIC referenced earlier media releases for further background on the matter.