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Hesta, Prime Super pay ASIC fines for greenwashing
Greenwashing 2025-11-06 11:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

Superannuation funds Hesta and Prime Super have been pinged by the corporate regulator for allegedly greenwashing their investment portfolios.

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‘An example for industry to follow” Samsung C&T solar farm wins swift approval
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-11-07 11:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The government has granted speedy approval to a solar farm and BESS on cleared land near Toowoomba in Queensland.

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Colonial First State, AIA settle class action for $140M
Settlement 2025-11-05 1:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

Wealth manager Colonial First State Investments and insurer AIA have reached a $140 million settlement in a long-running class action alleging 700,000 superannuation members were charged inflated premiums on insurance products linked to former owner CBA.

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Structural design firm found guilty over ‘potentially catastrophic’ wall collapse at Geocon site
Construction 2025-11-07 11:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A defunct design firm has been found guilty of health and safety violations after a shoring wall fell down at a Geocon construction site in Canberra, with a magistrate saying the collapse could have caused multiple deaths. 

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GrainCorp class action settlement off table, trial back on
Class Actions 2025-11-05 3:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

The parties in a class action against agricultural giant GrainCorp over alleged noise and odour pollution from a factory in rural Victoria have failed to seal the deal on a settlement reached last month.

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Reddit, Kick to be included in kids social media ban
Social Media 2025-11-05 11:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The world-first ban on kids accessing social media will extend to online discussion platform Reddit and live-streaming service Kick, and more platforms could be added to the “dynamic” list, which is subject to review by the eSafety commissioner.

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ASIC mulls appeal in conflicted remuneration case against ex-Freedom boss
ASIC 2025-11-05 11:44 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

ASIC is considering an appeal of a ruling that tossed its conflicted remuneration case against Freedom Insurance’s former boss and another executive over a sales incentive scheme.

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Villawood wants director’s daughters added to fraud suit over Wallan development
Real Estate 2025-11-06 11:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Developer Villawood wants to add its director’s three daughters to its case over an alleged “dishonest and fraudulent design” to divert valuable management fees for a project in Wallan, Victoria to the director’s family company.

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Lux Sydney development didn’t repudiate contract by installing wrong marble: court
Real Estate 2025-11-06 11:52 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A woman has lost her lawsuit seeking to get out of an agreement to purchase an apartment ‘off the plan’ in a luxury development in Sydney’s harbourside suburb of Rushcutters Bay, after the wrong colour marble was installed in the kitchen.

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Wood & Grieve can’t get more details from CPB in spat over Elizabeth Quay project
Construction 2025-11-06 11:41 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Engineering firm Wood & Grieve has failed to convince a judge to compel CPB Contractors to provide it with further and better particulars in a dispute over work on Perth’s Elizabeth Quay redevelopment.

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