Andy Sidler

A court has overturned a council decision to refuse a 68-unit development on the NSW Central Coast backed by millionaire entrepreneur Tony Denny, finding that risks to native wildlife could be mitigated. 

The state of Victoria has been hit with a $500,000 judgment after three public servants were found negligent for failing to advertise Crown leases over Gabo Island and Tullaberga Island, a failure which has shut abalone fishers out of the area since 2019. 

Known as a dedicated cyclist with a prodigious coffee habit, a softly spoken silk has been sworn in as a judge on the Federal Court after a career marked by a sustained interest in human rights. 

Traditional land owners in the central Pilbara have filed a class action to force the removal of dumped asbestos waste, some 60 years after the Wittenoom asbestos mines closed and the town was struck from the map.

Traditional land owners in the central Pilbara have filed a class action to force the removal of dumped asbestos waste, some 60 years after the Wittenoom asbestos mines closed and the town was struck from the map.

A judge has stayed Clive Palmer’s case against the corporate watchdog until a criminal case against him is complete, expressing concerns about the factual overlap between the two matters. 

A tribunal has overturned a council decision which rejected National Storage’s proposal to build a two-storey storage facility and box shop in a rapidly expanding suburb in Melbourne’s south west. 

A court has ruled that Canadian investor Franco-Nevada is entitled to mining royalty payments agreed to with a unit of mining company Arrium before its collapse, despite the company's failure to lodge a proof of debt. 

A judge has upheld IAG’s privilege claim over a technical paper prepared by an actuarial consultant, finding that the report was not merely forwarded to the legal team to cloak it in privilege. 

A suit against the City of Sydney and Transport for New South Wales alleging that a new cycleway on Oxford Street is discriminatory has been gutted, with a court substantially striking out the pleading.