Region

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.

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. 

NSW Police has argued the lead plaintiff in a class action over strip searches at music festivals should only receive $33,000 in damages rather than $93,000 and is challenging a finding that the strip searches were done “as a matter of routine”.

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. 

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. 

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.

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.

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.

Incoming NSW Supreme Court Justice Kate Richardson has used her swearing in speech to raise the alarm about ongoing gender inequity among barristers.