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High Court won’t hear Clive Palmer appeal in $26.6M dispute over unpaid gas bill
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-05-24 2:48 pm By Sam Matthews

The High Court has declined to hear an appeal by Clive Palmer’s Queensland Nickel refinery over a decision ordering it pay $26.6 million for natural gas charges.

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Ex-Continental Coal director sentenced for directors’ duty breach
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-05-23 11:59 pm By Gareth Baker

A former director of defunct mining and exploration company Continental Coal has been sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment for failing to act in good faith in performing his directors’ duties in relation to $1 million in bridging finance.  

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DRA Global can’t suppress ‘scandalous’ details from ex-CEO’s $9M lawsuit
Employment 2023-05-22 5:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne

DRA Global has failed to keep under wraps passages from its former CEO’s lawsuit which the engineering firm argued would cause “serious reputational and commercial harm” if published.

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TPG-backed company fleeced in major scam tied to $1B climate deal, court told
Exclusive 2023-05-18 11:00 pm By Cindy Cameronne

TPG-owned Anew Climate has sued an Australian company that allegedly impersonated a US carbon offset developer by using “bogus” emails to unlawfully receive payments under a $968 million (US$640 million) investment deal, a court has heard.

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Judge orders discovery of legal advice in spat over $45B Ichthys LNG project
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-05-18 11:49 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered contractor JKC Australia to hand over legal advice relating to a settlement deed it entered with Japanese oil company Inpex in 2021, as it seeks to hold Dutch paint company AkzoNobel NV responsible for its “significant” potential liability under the settlement.

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In decades-long fight over coal seam gas fields, Tri-Star loses referee bid
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-05-16 3:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Texas oil giant Tri-Star has lost its bid for a referral in a dispute with natural gas exporter Australia Pacific LNG over several coal seam gas fields in Queensland and $7.6 billion in share acquisitions.

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NextEra sues Spain in Australia to enforce $472M arbitration award
Arbitration 2023-05-15 4:12 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Dutch renewable energy company has brought proceedings in the Federal Court to enforce a $472 million arbitration award against Spain over changes to its energy policies, after the country lost a similar case in the High Court. 

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Australian Mines ex-director hit with $70,000 penalty for conference representations
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-05-12 11:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A former director of Australian Mines has copped at $70,000 penalty in ASIC proceedings accusing him of making false and misleading representations at mining investment conferences in 2018.

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Veolia wins discovery for potential case against EnergyAustralia
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-05-11 11:05 pm By Christine Caulfield

Water services company Veolia Water Australia has won its bid for EnergyAustralia and two mining companies to hand over information about the quality of mine water they send for treatment, with a judge finding it could be “materially worse” than promised.  In a judgment handed down on Wednesday, Federal Court Justice Scott Goodman ordered EnergyAustralia…

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Tinkler case against Mach Energy dismissed after security for costs goes unpaid
Employment 2023-05-09 4:09 pm By Christine Caulfield

A lawsuit by the companies of mining executive Nathan Tinkler against MACH Energy alleging misuse of confidential information has been tossed after the deadline for paying security for costs came and went.

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