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Dexus-bloc shareholders in APAC can’t have different lawyers, judge says
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-10-03 11:44 pm By Christine Caulfield

The trustee for shareholders that want to retain their Dexus-managed stake in Australia Pacific Airports Corporation can’t be separately represented from the selling group, a judge has ruled in a case that pits APAC’s investors against each other.

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GHD Australia faces cross-claims in Hunter Valley crash class action
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-10-03 11:44 pm By Christine Caulfield

Engineering firm GHD Australia is the latest company to be pulled into a class action over a bus crash in NSW’s Hunter Valley that killed 10 passengers, a court has heard.

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Cbus admits liability in ASIC death benefit case, faces penalty hearing
ASIC 2025-10-01 11:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

Super fund Cbus has made admissions in the corporate regulator’s case over long delays in the processing of $20 million in death and disability claims, with the action to progress directly to penalty.

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Brisbane Olympics procurement ‘highly susceptible’ to cartel conduct: ACCC
Construction 2025-10-02 11:15 pm By Christine Caulfield

Warning of the propensity for major events procurement to attract cartel conduct, the competition regulator is encouraging the Queensland government to share data on bids for Brisbane Olympics projects.

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In High Court case, ASIC reminds justices litigants can’t ‘choose their judges’
Courts 2025-09-30 11:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge did not need to recuse himself from deciding the penalty in ASIC’s case against Sunshine Loans because his earlier adverse credit findings — far from giving rise to bias concerns — were relevant to the task, the regulator has told the High Court.

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Lendlease fends off vote on control of $2.8B retail property fund
Real Estate 2025-10-01 11:03 pm By Christine Caulfield

For a third time, real estate investment manager Lendlease has avoided a vote on the future of its oversight of a $10 billion property fund, with a proposed meeting Wednesday of the fund’s retail investors reportedly adjourned for want of quorum.

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Ashurst advises Snowy Hydro on first BESS offtake deal
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-10-01 11:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

Ashurst-represented Snowy Hydro has reached a landmark 15-year virtual tolling agreement with Akaysha Energy for Victoria’s Elaine Battery Energy Storage System, the first battery toll pact for the energy company.

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ACCC, NSW join forces to clamp down on supplier bid-rigging
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-09-29 11:12 pm By Christine Caulfield

The competition regulator has reached a data-sharing agreement with NSW to combat bid rigging on state contracts worth a total of $42 billion annually, in a partnership that will deploy AI to find potential cartel culprits.

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Telstra reaches settlement with ACCC in case over Belong speeds
Telecommunications 2025-09-26 11:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

Telstra has reached an agreement with the consumer regulator after a court found the telco misled thousands of broadband customers about the speed of its budget internet provider, Belong.

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Clive Palmer’s $300B claim over WA law shot down by international tribunal
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-09-26 11:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

Clive Palmer has lost a battle over Western Australian legislation shielding the state from the fallout of a decision barring a proposed Pilbara iron ore project, with a tribunal finding it had no jurisdiction to hear the $300 billion case.

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