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Ex-Super Retail lawyer can’t appeal suppression order for public defence
Judgment 2025-03-11 11:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has rejected claims from Super Retail Group’s former top lawyer that suppression orders over details of an alleged settlement should be lifted so she can respond to the company’s “defamatory” version of events in the media, calling her claims “a bare assertion”.

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Bathla wins approval for $52M Blacktown development
Construction 2025-03-11 11:41 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Developer Bathla has won approval for a 20-storey commercial tower in Blacktown, NSW following a conciliation conference with the council.

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Star Entertainment secures lifeline with $53M sale of Queen’s Wharf stake
Construction 2025-03-07 10:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Star Entertainment has reached an agreement with Hong Kong-based investors Chow Tai Fook Enterprises and Far East Consortium on the $53 million buyout of its stake in the Queen’s Wharf entertainment project in Brisbane. 

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Coburn can pull from $6.88M security in fight over mineral sands project contract
Construction 2025-03-07 11:46 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The owner of the Coburn mineral sands project in Western Australia can deduct money allegedly owed by construction company Primero for allegedly breaching their contract from $6.85 million held as a security. In a Friday judgment, WA Supreme Court Justice Natalie Whitby sided with Coburn Resources in finding that Coburn can have recourse to the…

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Full Court asked to turn lights back on in failed Queensland electricity class action
Class Actions 2025-03-06 11:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A failed competition class action by Queensland electricity customers accusing utility companies Stanwell and CS Energy of misusing their market power has been appealed to the Full Court.

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Keystone receivers sue over failed Venice Marriott purchase
Real Estate 2025-03-05 11:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Ex-Keystone director Paul Chiodo has won more time to file a defence to a suit by receivers over a failed transaction for the purchase of a Marriott hotel in Italy, after ASIC’s seizure of documents in a raid last month.

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Report recommends Victoria invest $60B in infrastructure
Construction 2025-03-05 11:02 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Infrastructure Victoria has recommended the state invest $60 billion in infrastructure over the next 30 years to meet the demands posed by climate change and a growing population.

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Aldi won’t swallow finding it infringed copyright for Little Bellies puffs
Appeals 2025-03-04 11:28 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Discount grocery giant Aldi has lodged an appeal after a court found its Mamia Baby Puffs copied the look of rival Little Bellies baby snacks.

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Zenith in $1.9B refinancing deal to support green energy projects
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-03-03 11:42 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Zenith Energy has signed a $1.9 billion refinancing, in a deal that also provides the remote off-grid power generation company with $1 billion in growth capital to support new projects.

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NSW loses bid to strike out class action’s ‘amorphous’ exemplary damages claim
Class Actions 2025-02-27 11:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The NSW government has lost its bid to strike out paragraphs related to a claim for exemplary damages in a class action alleging police conducted strip searches at music festivals as a matter of routine.

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