Industries

Mining company Fortescue will invest US$680 million ($960 million) to develop new green energy infrastructure in Western Australia's Pilbara region for new industry, including the booming data centre sector.

A class action over alleged combustible Vitrabond cladding will wait until after a court hears from the parties in a similar case against Alucobond maker 3A Composites, which suffered a loss last month.

A Woolworths executive facing cross-examination in the ACCC's case over alleged illusory discounts has denied that price increases were anything other than a reaction to inflation and a “tsunami” of supplier cost increase requests. 

A second law firm has launched a shareholder class action investigation into James Hardie's alleged inadequate disclosures about troubles in its North American fiber cement unit in a market guidance for the 2026 financial year.

ARN says it had no ability to control the on-air behaviour of KIIS FM shock jock Kyle Sandilands, and has revealed a letter from the lawyers of co-host Jackie 'O' Henderson outlining her allegations of bullying.

Defunct developer FSM must hand over transcripts of examination proceedings by its liquidators in a new case against Ray White Capital, Mallesons and others after the liquidators lost their bid for unreacted emails related to financing for an Ashfield development. 

Builder Watpac has won a battle with developer Romeciti over a final payment claim issued as part of an agreement to construct a $450 million luxury development in Sydney's Macquarie Park.

Engineering firm Monadelphous has lost a bid to suspend $3.3 million in adjudication judgments secured by contractor Aaro Group in a dispute over works at BHP's Eastern Ridge mine.

Holding Redlich has advised on the country's first utility scale solar microgrid led by a First Nations cooperative in a remote area of the Northern Territory, a project that will deliver critical energy autonomy in the community.

Microsoft is planning to invest a record $25 billion in Australia's AI and cyber infrastructure over the next three years.