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Origin Energy has been ordered to pay a record $17.6 million after admitting it breached Victoria’s energy rules, impacting over 670,000 customers.

A Toyota flex commissions class action can't retroactively join claims about alleged junk insurance made in a separate case to protect against a limitations defence, with a judge describing such applications as “prima facie vexatious”.

A judge has refused to vacate a trial next month in a case against a law firm and a barrister by a former client, despite the agreement of all parties to push off the hearing.

Victoria's State Revenue Office must pay the bulk of costs incurred by shopping centre landlord Vicinity in a successful challenge to $82.5 million in stamp duty slapped on land occupied by Myer and Emporium in Melbourne's city centre.

The NSW Environmental Protection Agency and the owner of a disused copper smelter in Port Kembla, NSW have agreed to an $18 million enforceable undertaking to address copper contamination in the area, which could affect close to 400 homes. 

Silicon Valley tech company PsiQuantum has selected Lendlease as its preferred construction partner on a commercial-scale quantum computer in Brisbane.

General Motors has defeated a class action by Australian car dealers over its decision to retire the Holden brand, with a judge finding the car maker did not breach its agreements.

Engineering firm Clough has filed a cross-claim against its former joint venture partner Elecnor in the EnergyConnect transmission project after the companies had a falling out over defaults.

The federal government has awarded Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners $814 million for a green hydrogen project in Western Australia, as another green hydrogen project in Queensland faces an uncertain future after the state yanked funding.

A judge has dismissed an application to restrain a Sydney solicitor from acting against his former friend in a dispute over a $3.25 million settlement deed in a dispute over their development business.