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Hutchinson didn’t reach anti-competitive agreement with CFMEU: High Court
Construction 2025-04-02 11:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has found builder J Hutchinson did not arrive at an anti-competitive understanding with the CFMEU to boycott a subcontractor merely by succumbing to the threat of industrial action.

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Dyldam says Special Gold liquidator’s claims ‘hopeless’
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-04-02 11:44 pm By Andy Sidler

Collapsed Sydney developer Dyldam has told a court that a liquidator’s claim for breach of directors’ duties is “hopeless” as the company was under a deed of company arrangement at the relevant time.

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Western Sydney Airport-related development wins approval
Construction 2025-04-02 10:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A court has given the green light to a development related to the federal government’s $5.3 billion Western Sydney International Airport project. 

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Plastic surgeon can’t escape class action despite applicant dropping claims
Class Actions 2025-04-01 11:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action over alleged botched cosmetic surgeries can drop claims against one surgeon, but the doctor will remain a party so other defendants can point the finger at him.

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Ex-EY partner told clients tax scheme ‘risky but not illegal’, court hears
Tax 2025-03-31 3:51 pm By Andy Sidler

On the first day of trial in the Tax Office’s case against a former EY partner accused of marketing a tax loss access scheme and pocketing $700,000 in the process, the court heard former clients were assured the scheme was “risky but not illegal”. 

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AVID Property to swallow AVJennings in $365M buyout
Real Estate 2025-04-01 11:33 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Property group AVJennings has accepted a trimmed $365 million takeover offer from private equity-backed AVID Property after failing to receive a binding offer from Singaporean developer Ho Bee Land.

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Repped by KWM, Daibiru picks up Sydney office tower from Investa
Real Estate 2025-04-01 11:43 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Japanese property group Daibiru Corporation has made its second investment in Sydney, acquiring a CBD office tower from real estate investment manager Investa.

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Council can intervene in dispute over $30M Hills of Gold wind farm
Environment 2025-04-01 4:23 pm By Andy Sidler

Tamworth Regional Council has won its bid to be joined to an environmental group’s appeal of the approval for the controversial Hills of Gold wind farm.

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Victoria’s Commonwealth Games plan a ‘hasty political decison’: report
Politics 2025-04-01 11:19 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

An inquiry into Victoria’s 2026 Commonwealth Games bid has found the former Andrews government did not do its due diligence when it proposed to host the event across multiple regional cities.

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VCAT throws shade on council’s permit rejection for Fitzroy development
Construction 2025-04-01 11:19 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

VCAT has granted a planning permit to a developer whose eight-storey residential development in Fiztroy was opposed by the local council over concerns about sunlight.

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