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Junior doctors class actions settle with Victorian hospitals for $175M
Employment 2025-03-14 2:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A group of class actions against healthcare providers in Victoria that allegedly failed to pay junior doctors for overtime have settled for $175 million. 

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Law firms to team up in class action against Harvey Norman
Class Actions 2025-03-14 5:01 pm By Christine Caulfield

Two law firms have reached an agreement to join their class actions against Harvery Norman alleging the furniture retailer sold worthless warranties.

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ASIC asks Full Court to stamp out authorised rep ‘mischief’ in Qoin case
Cryptocurrency 2025-03-14 11:03 pm By Sam Matthews

The corporate regulator has asked the Full Court to stamp out avenues for corporate mischief, as it challenges a finding about the authorised representative exemption to the licence requirement of financial services providers.

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Judge pauses $2.1M SOPA judgment in light of payments owed to sub-contractor
Construction 2025-03-17 11:32 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has stayed part of a $2.1 million judgment won under the SOPA Act by a builder contracted to work on an RSL club car park in light of payments owing to a sub-contractor under the Contractors Debts Act.

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Sydney sinking homes class action loses bid for earthworks docs
Construction 2025-03-17 11:14 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Sydney homeowners bringing a class action over homes they claim are sinking into the ground have lost their bid for documents recording earthworks performed on the land before it was developed.

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No costs against ACT official targeted in probe over Lendlease contract
Construction 2025-03-17 11:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

An ACT education department official has dodged a costs order in a case she brought — then dropped — over a corruption investigation into a contract awarded to building giant Lendlease.

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Dutton vows to restore ABCC amid new reports of CFMEU criminal links
Policy and Regulation 2025-03-17 11:03 pm By Christine Caulfield

New reports of criminal activity and violence have rocked the CFMEU, with calls from building groups for a “clean up”, and a Coalition vow to deregister the embattled construction union and revive the industry watchdog.

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Charter Hall locks down 10-year lease with EY
Real Estate 2025-03-17 4:09 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Accounting firm EY has signed a 10-year lease with Charter Hall for its new Melbourne headquarters in the East End Place precinct, just a stone’s throw from Parliament.

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Freight terminal reform policy ‘imminent’, NSW minister says
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-03-17 11:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

Release of a review by the NSW government of the state’s container terminal policy is “imminent”, new transport minister John Graham told a parliamentary committee hearing last week.

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Element Zero loses appeal of search orders in Fortescue trade secrets case
Intellectual Property 2025-03-14 11:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Green iron start-up Element Zero has lost its latest bid to set aside search orders in a case by Fortescue alleging former employees misappropriated its process for carbon dioxide-free iron. 

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