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BUMA succeeds in $30M dispute over work at Genuity mine
Mining contractor BUMA, which was hired to provide services at the Commodore coal mine in Queensland, has come out on top in a $30 million dispute with the mine's owner, Genuity.
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Cooper & Oxley wins partial set-off in dispute over $16M golf course redevelopment
Perth builder Cooper & Oxley has partially succeeded in appealing an adjudicator's determination in a payment dispute related to the $16 million redevelopment of the Hamersley Public Golf Course near Perth.
Victorian students’ passwords, emails accessed in data breach
The Victorian Department of Education has revealed that hackers have accessed the names, email addresses, year levels and encrypted passwords for all current and past Victorian government school students.
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Thiess extends Mount Pleasant coal mine operating contract with MACH Energy
Thiess has extended its operating contract for the Hunter Valley’s Mount Pleasant coal mine despite a looming High Court challenge over the mine's expansion. 
eSafety Commissioner raises concerns with X over Grok AI use
The online regulator wants more information from X Corp about the safeguards built into its AI feature Grok, after a reported increase in its use to create sexualised or exploitative imagery. 
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‘Like diamonds, easements are forever’: Council wins fight with Adelaide shopping centre
An appeals court has upheld a ruling that said "like diamonds, easements are forever", finding users of the Unley Shopping Centre do not have right of way over a council carpark and access point adjoining the Adelaide shopping centre.
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Farmer forced to vacate property loses bid for compensation for destroyed crop
A sublessee of an eight acre agricultural property in Austral has failed in his bid for nearly $500,000 in compensation after his crop was destroyed when he refused to vacate. 
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No licence no bar to pursuing payment claim on building project, court says
Monarch Building Solutions has lost its bid to strike out waterproofing contractor PJG Frawley Construction’s claim for payment for work allegedly completed on a community-led project to replace buildings destroyed in bushfires in Cobargo. 
Virginia Bell to lead royal commission into Bondi terrorist attack
The Prime Minister has appointed former High Court Justice Virginia Bell to lead a royal commission into antisemitism in the wake of the Bondi terrorist attack, in which 15 were killed during Hanukkah celebrations. 
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Dispute breaks out over Sorrento’s Continental Hotel
The purchaser of the site of the 108-room hotel Continental Hotel Sorrento has sued a consortium that rescued the development after it hit financial troubles, claiming it was excluded from the final stages of the receivership.