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‘Perverse’: Court lambasts delay in ruling on challenge to Woodside’s North West Shelf
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-08-25 11:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Two elections and three different Environment Ministers later, and a heritage application to protect Murujuga rock art from Woodside’s activities on the North West Shelf remains undecided — a delay blasted by a judge as unreasonable and perverse.

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Companies associated with Quasar Constructions director dodge freezing orders
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-08-25 11:49 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Three companies associated with the sole director of Quasar Constructions have avoided freezing orders sought by the liquidators of the defunct Sydney builder after providing undertakings to not dispose of assets.

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Lendlease scores pharma giant as latest Victoria Cross Tower tenant
Construction 2025-08-22 11:09 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Global pharmaceutical company Novartis has become the latest tenant at Lendlease’s Victoria Cross Tower in North Sydney. Novartis ANZ will set up shop across one floor of the building, occupying 1,700 square metres in the mid-rise of the building, Lendlease said Thursday. The skyscraper is more than 30 per cent leased, with 70 percent of…

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State revenue office loses row with Montessori Foundation over property taxes
Real Estate 2025-08-22 11:09 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Queensland Commissioner of State Revenue has lost an appeal against the Montessori Children’s Foundation after it refused the organisation’s bid to be registered as a charity to avoid property taxes.

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IG Markets owes $5.5M to client who traded CFDs on ‘test’ market
Financial Services 2025-08-21 11:10 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Online trading platform IG Markets must pay over $5.5 million in damages to a customer, with a court finding a contract term that purportedly allowed it to reverse transactions made in error was unfair.

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Climate change not mandatory consideration for Mount Pleasant extension, Mach tells High Court
Environment 2025-08-21 11:58 pm By Sam Matthews

Mach Energy has filed an application with the High Court seeking to overturn an activist group’s win in a case over the extension of the Mount Pleasant coal mine, arguing climate impacts were not a mandatory consideration for the approval.

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Offsetting case tossed in contract dispute over Hazelwood power plant
Construction 2025-08-21 11:56 pm By Christine Caulfield

A court has rejected a bid by a Hazelwood power plant contractor to pursue an offsetting claim for an alleged breach of confidentiality in response to a $1.7 million demand from a subcontractor.

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Former Wallaby snaps up Riverina pub for $50M
Real Estate 2025-08-21 11:03 pm By Sam Matthews

Former Wallabies player Bill Young has bought the Gem Hotel in Griffith for a reported purchase price of $50 million, in a deal which broker HTL Property said set a new record for pub sales.  HTL Property announced on Wednesday that it brokered the deal between publican Jim Knox and former Wallabies player turned businessman…

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AI use by self-repped litigants may need ‘more intrusive’ case management: court
AI 2025-08-19 11:40 pm By Andy Sidler

A recent property dispute involving a self-represented litigant who relied on AI-generated submissions, including at least one ‘hallucinated’ case, has prompted questions about the need for more active case management of the use of AI by unrepresented parties to prevent wasting court time. 

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Woodside’s North West Shelf challenge has languished for 3 years, court told
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-08-20 11:50 pm By Andy Sidler

A heritage bid to protect Murujuga’s rock art in Western Australia has languished with the environment minister for more than three years, a court has heard, leaving gas giant Woodside to continue to threaten the sacred spot.

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