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Shell is seeking to recover $83 million from former joint venture partners Woodside and Paladin after the Commonwealth imposed a levy to cover the cost of decommissioning an abandoned offshore oil platform off the coast of Darwin.

A New South Wales-based Aboriginal charity can't make submissions in support of a former coal mine's pivot to biomass fuel, with a court rejecting the argument that its concerns would not otherwise be raised. 

Former Carlton president and PwC chief executive officer Luke Sayers has lost his bid to transfer his wife’s defamation case over an explicit image posted to his social media account to the Family Court, where the proceedings would be confidential. 

The federal environment minister has rejected two emergency applications to declare the planned site for an Olympic stadium at Brisbane's Victoria Park a significant Aboriginal heritage area. 

Melbourne-based firm Carbone Lawyers has filed a case against two former solicitors who moved to a rival firm, claiming they breached their confidentiality obligations.

Noting the aging group members, a judge has pushed the parties in two class actions against aged care facilities over COVID-19 outbreaks to shoot for a 2027 or early-2028 trial date.

Woolworths has take Victoria's Suburban Rail Loop Authority to court, alleging it's owed $70 million for the authority's compulsory acquisition of a logistics site in the Melbourne suburb of Notting Hill.

Tasmania will receive its first submarine fibre optic cable in 20 years, as part of an agreement between startup Firmus and telecommunications company Subco to invest in the state’s AI infrastructure.  

Melbourne underworld figure Mick Gatto was arrested on Wednesday and later released as part of an investigation into alleged financial offences.

A five-story office building in East Perth that has held a long-term lease with the government of Western Australia has sold for $10 million.