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A unit of ASX-listed mining company Equatorial Resources has lost a bid to block its former solicitors Clifford Chance from arbitrating a $5 million costs dispute.

The University of Queensland has signed an agreement with the Fair Work Ombudsman after it underpaid 16,000 staff a total of $11 million, the latest university in the spotlight for shortchanging employees. 

A judge has dismissed a class action on behalf of irrigators in NSW and Victoria, alleging negligent management of water flowing through the Murray Darling system

Singapore-based Hoi Hup Realty has marked its foray into the Australian property market with the $201.8 million purchase of Four Points by Sheraton in Chippendale, Sydney.

Charter Hall has picked up three industrial and logistics assets in South East Queensland, including an Australia Post distribution centre, for $192.4 million.

Property developer Troon Group has acquired $80 million worth of industrial land in Western Australia's Bullsbrook, marking the company's entry into the Perth market.

A pro-Israel activist has been hit with indemnity costs after a judge found a settlement deed with Newtown, Sydney restaurant Cairo Takeaway had been breached when his solicitor leaked details of the agreement to journalists.

A class action against the Northern Territory's public housing authority has persuaded a judge to include questions relating to restitution in an initial trial.

Western Power has hired the former Sex Discrimination Commissioner to lead a review into its workplace culture and safety, as MinterEllison investigates claims that employees provided character references for a former manager convicted of raping a colleague. 

A Newcastle residential development had lost its bid to pay around $6 million in damages in monthly installments, with a judge saying there was no evidence paying the amount would put the group in a bad financial situation.