The ACCC has approved the buyout of Australian energy giant Origin Energy, after finding that significant competition concerns were outweighed by the likely benefits to the country’s transition to renewable energy.
Queensland technology company Anteotech has hit back at a lawsuit claiming it misused Ferroglobeās confidential silicon samples in a patent application after a failed collaboration, saying the global speciality metals producer acquiesced to the use.Ā
A traditional custodian has won her bid to halt seismic blasting for Woodsideās Scarborough gas project off the coast of Western Australia, in a legal challenge similar to one that put Santosā $4.7 billion Barossa project on ice.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has brought proceedings against EnergyAustralia for allegedly misleading consumers when notifying them of changes to electricity prices.Ā
A judge has rejected the energy regulator’s claims that the owner of the Pelican Point power station in Adelaide failed to disclose its complete generator capacity to the energy market operator for months, contributing to rolling blackouts during a 2017 heatwave.
Woodside Energy has hit back at a bid to halt seismic blasting on its Scarborough gas project, claiming it undertook comprehensive consultation with Indigenous communities and that the projectās environmental risks were of āan acceptable levelā.Ā
Federal environment minister Tanya Plibersekās decision to greenlight the expansion of two mega coal mines in NSW was contrary to findings by the āentire community of climate scientists around the globeā, a court has heard.Ā
Engineering firms G&S Engineering and DRA Global have lost their bid to shield legal advice by McCullough Robertson on whether they were liable to MACH Energy for indirect losses while building a coal processing plant at Mount Pleasant in South Australia.
A traditional custodian has filed an application to block seismic testing on Woodside Energyās Scarborough gas project until her legal challenge has been finally determined, in a case similar to the one that put Santosā $4.7 billion Barossa project on ice.
Telco Swift Networks has been hit with a $1.2 million penalty for bid rigging and price fixing in the tender process for supplying IT and communications equipment for three Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals mining projects in WA’s Pilbara region.