Energy & Natural Resources

Shell Energy has thwarted an application by an alleged whistleblower to see legal advice given by Allens, Clayton Utz and McCullough Robertson, with a judge rejecting claims that it was given in furtherance of a fraud or crime.

Administrators of collapsed supply chain finance company Greensill Capital have reached a settlement with GFG Alliance's Liberty companies, resolving a case that was set for trial beginning Tuesday.

BHP's labour hire subsidiary has told the Full Court that it was up to employees to exercise their right under the Fair Work Act to refuse to work on public holidays, as it defends a class action brought on behalf of up to 7,000 former employees.

A former US Congressman and indirect beneficiary of Queensland gold mining company Citigold has lost a bid to launch derivative action accusing the company's chairman of sharing insider information with his brother.

The Australian Tax Office wants to hive off a contract dispute between Japanese conglomerate Mitsui and its Kipper gas field partners, ExxonMobil unit Esso and Woodside, in a fight over a $298 million tax bill.

The company behind the $1 billion Golden Beach gas storage project in Gippsland has fallen into administration, a fortnight after the Victorian government approved its licence.

A $1 billion dispute between the owner and manager of the troubled Callide power station in Queensland will be reallocated, after a judge conceded that his knowledge of a key expert report could create an apprehension of bias. 

A parliamentary committee has recommend the NSW government require that data centres run entirely on renewable energy which they supply and that development applications be assessed according to their cumulative impact.

The Tax Office wants to hive off a contract dispute between Japanese conglomerate Mitsui and its Kipper gas field partners Esso and Woodside in a fight over a $298 million tax bill.

A former US congressman who holds shares in Queensland gold mining company Citigold is seeking to bring a derivative action in the Federal Court, accusing the brother of company chairman Mark Lynch of trading on sensitive inside information.