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MWL Financial adviser banned for recommending failed Shield fund
Financial Services 2025-10-21 11:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

The corporate regulator has banned a MWL Financial adviser for eight years for recommending clients park the bulk of their superannuation into Keystone’s high-risk Shield Master Fund, which has since collapsed.

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Junior doctors class action settlement wins OK, without court hearing
Class Actions 2025-10-20 11:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

A $175 million deal struck to resolve 30 class actions on behalf of junior doctors in Victoria has earned the approval of a judge, who took the unusual course of dispensing with a court hearing on the settlement.

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UK developer Avon loses appeal after revenue office refused tax waiver
Construction 2025-10-21 11:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

An ex gratia payment under Queensland’s tax laws is just what it means — one made by the state revenue office as a favour and not a legal obligation, a court has found in a loss for UK developer Avon.

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Jon Adgemis’ South Bondi Hotel to be put on market later this year
Real Estate 2025-10-21 11:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

Receivers for Jon Adgemis’ Public Hospitality Group are planning to put the South Bondi Hotel on the market by the end of the year.

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Banksia case against receiver has dim prospects, is out of time, court finds
Class Actions 2025-10-17 11:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

KMPG partner John Lindholm has escaped a potential probe into his decision to endorse a settlement in the scandal-ridden Banksia Securities class action as the receiver for the collapsed lender.

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AustralianSuper launches new UK housing platform, with initial $1.1B investment
Real Estate 2025-10-20 11:22 pm By Christine Caulfield

Australia’s largest super fund has launched a new real estate asset platform in the UK, aiming to be one of the country’s top rental home operators in the next five years.

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ACCC wants in on developer’s High Court case over NSW Ports
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-10-16 11:40 pm By Christine Caulfield

Having lost a challenge to privatisation agreements by NSW Ports, the competition regulator wants to intervene in a High Court appeal by Mayfield Developments, which failed in its own case against the port authority.

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Acciona can’t move Veolia’s $224M case over Kwinana WTE plant
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-10-17 11:29 pm By Christine Caulfield

Infrastructure giant Acciona must fight a $224M lost-revenue case by contractor Veolia Australia over the Kwinana waste-to-energy plant on Veolia’s home turf.

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Judge ups Tomkins’ Midwater payment claim by $4.7M
Construction 2025-10-17 11:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

Developer York Property is on the hook for an extra $4.7 million payment to the head construction contractor on the Midwater luxury residential high rise on the Gold Coast.

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Visy site on Brisbane riverfront to get makeover, with plans for 4,000 homes
Real Estate 2025-10-17 11:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Queensland government has plans to revamp one of Brisbane’s last riverfront industrial sites into a vibrant mixed-use precinct, with promenades, entertainment spaces and 4,000 homes.

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