Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has ruled the liquidator of Special Gold can advance claims against Dyldam Developments, which the collapsed Sydney developer has called "hopeless".

Indicative of Australia's housing crisis is new data showing a drop in apartment construction, according to the country's peak building group, with last year the worst for higher-density home building since 2011.

Paladin Energy has been hit with a shareholder class action over alleged misleading disclosures to the market about expected production at its flagship uranium mine in Namibia.

Property developer HYG has been given the green light by a court to build the next stage of a masterplanned community in Western Sydney.

A consortium including Acciona, UGL and others has been selected for pre-construction work on Queensland's Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail project, which aims to reduce congestion ahead of the 2032 Olympic Games.

Clayton Utz has become the latest tenant in a new commercial precinct under development in Canberra's CBD.

Clive Palmer has appealed a court's decision to toss his lawsuits against former Australian Securities and Investments Commission chair James Shipton alleging he acted in bad faith when the regulator filed criminal proceedings against him.

Hotel construction company Reward Group has secured a win in a dispute with the owners of the Seasons of Perth Hotel over progress payment claims, with a judge finding an adjudicator did not err in ordering the release of performance bonds, but more questions over the release of the bonds remain on foot.

Clorox has been hit with a $8.25 million penalty for representing to consumers that certain GLAD garbage bags were sourced from plastic fished from the ocean.

A franchisee class action against United Petroleum over alleged loss-making Pie Face stores has been ordered to hand over $3.7 million in security, with a judge finding it was not likely to stultify the class action.