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Beach Energy buys Vintage Energy stake in Otway Basin gas fields
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-07-17 11:58 pm By Andy Sidler

Beach Energy has acquired oil and gas exploration company Vintage Energy’s stake in PEP 171 – a gas field in the Victorian section of the Penola Trough located in the Otway Basin. On Thursday, Vintage announced that Amplitude Energy – the other half of the PEP 171 joint venture – has waived its pre-emptive right…

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New Aim loses trade secrets case over employee’s WeChat contacts
Intellectual Property 2025-07-15 11:56 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has knocked back online merchandise importer New Aim’s trade secrets case against a former employee who gave the contact details of the company’s suppliers, stored on his personal phone, to a competitor after jumping ship. 

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Synergy wins injunction in fight over Adelaide student housing development
Appeals 2025-07-16 11:55 pm By Andy Sidler

Developer Synergy has won an injunction in a dispute over the construction of a student accommodation in Adelaide, with an appeals court finding the primary judge did not correctly weigh the prejudice to Synergy if it had to pay up to $2 million in guarantees. 

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Macquarie Technology secures $240M Sydney site for new data centre
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-07-16 11:14 pm By Andy Sidler

Macquarie Technology Group has secured the option to buy a Sydney city site with a $240 million price tag near its existing data centre holding in Macquarie Park.

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James Cook University’s profit admission make docs irrelevant in copyright spat: court
Intellectual Property 2025-07-15 11:16 pm By Andy Sidler

Recruitment agency Intalo Group has lost its latest bid for documents in a copyright infringement case against James Cook University, with a court finding admissions made by the university made the material irrelevant.

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Construction insolvencies jump 20 per cent: report
Construction 2025-07-15 11:56 pm By Andy Sidler

Administrator appointments for construction companies leaped 20 per cent in the latest financial year, according to data released by the corporate regulator.  

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‘Corporate puffery’: Enviro group attacks Woodside plan for $16.5B Scarborough project
Sophie Molyneux 2025-07-14 11:05 pm By Andy Sidler

Environmental group Doctors for the Environment has slammed Woodside claim that its $16.5 billion Scarborough gas project will have a “de minimus” environmental impact and argues the company’s plan does not allow the regulator to assess its real impact. 

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Hyde Park developer, RSL settle $95M payment dispute
Construction 2025-07-14 2:39 pm By Andy Sidler

The prospective developer of the Hyde Park Inn in Sydney has dropped its appeal of a decision which disallowed it from delaying a $95 million payment to the NSW Returned Service League.

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$500M waste-to-energy plant wins extension, as Acciona’s wait continues
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-07-14 12:28 pm By Andy Sidler

Receivers of the $500 million East Rockingham waste-to-energy project will have until the end of September to hash out a plan to maximise creditor returns, as Acciona’s wait for approval of its bid to acquire the plant continues.

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ASIC wins $3.5M penalty over funeral insurer’s ‘Aboriginal owned’ claims
Insurance 2025-07-10 11:30 pm By Andy Sidler

Funeral insurer ACBF has been hit with a $3.5 million penalty for “callous” and “egregious” misrepresentations to Indigenous customers that its business was Aboriginal owned or managed.

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