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The Fair Work Commission has rejected Japanese company Inpex’s urgent application to halt industrial action at its Darwin Ichthys onshore and offshore facilities, saying the company failed to prove the action would significantly disrupt the economy. 

Real estate investment trust GPT Group has dropped $1.19 billion to acquire interests in Queensland’s Sunshine Plaza and Campbelltown’s Macarthur Square shopping centre.

A shipping and logistics company that services remote communities in the Northern Territory and Far North Queensland has amended its contracts with remote customers, after the ACCC expressed concerns about anti-competitive clauses. 

A court has dismissed a bid to temporarily block a deed of company arrangement for Halo Tower developer FT Sydney, after hearing an injunction might jeopardise a sale to Cbus Property, set to settle in July.

Airport baggage handling company Alstef Australia is trying to halt Brisbane Airport Corporation from calling on $13.4  million in bank guarantees, in a dispute over a contract for works to upgrade the baggage system at the airport's domestic terminal.

A judge has rejected claims by a Neil Mansell unit that comments he made at a mention in February made it appear he had a “closed mind” in deciding a long-running dispute over a Sunshine Coast quarry. 

A judge has rejected an application by online trading platform IG Markets to amend a cross-claim against a trader who earned $5.5 million in 30 minutes through a 'test market'.

A group of funders is advocating for reforms to address the dearth of new class action filings in the NSW Supreme Court, with a group costs order regime similar to the one in place in Victoria said to be under consideration.

Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy has prevailed in an appeal as part of so-called mega litigation brought by CITIC over the $12 billion Sino Iron project in WA, with the court taking aim at both sides for the "intolerable" cost to the community of their endless dispute.

Power plant investor Sev.en has filed an urgent application for access to the financials of Millmerran Power Station as it looks to sell its stake in the energy infrastructure asset, saying it may have claims of misleading conduct.