Christine Caulfield

Warning of the propensity for major events procurement to attract cartel conduct, the competition regulator is encouraging the Queensland government to share data on bids for Brisbane Olympics projects.

A judge did not need to recuse himself from deciding the penalty in ASIC's case against Sunshine Loans because his earlier adverse credit findings — far from giving rise to bias concerns — were relevant to the task, the regulator has told the High Court.

For a third time, real estate investment manager Lendlease has avoided a vote on the future of its oversight of a $10 billion property fund, with a proposed meeting Wednesday of the fund's retail investors reportedly adjourned for want of quorum.

Ashurst-represented Snowy Hydro has reached a landmark 15-year virtual tolling agreement with Akaysha Energy for Victoria's Elaine Battery Energy Storage System, the first battery toll pact for the energy company.

The competition regulator has reached a data-sharing agreement with NSW to combat bid rigging on state contracts worth a total of $42 billion annually, in a partnership that will deploy AI to find potential cartel culprits.

Telstra has reached an agreement with the consumer regulator after a court found the telco misled thousands of broadband customers about the speed of its budget internet provider, Belong.

Clive Palmer has lost a battle over Western Australian legislation shielding the state from the fallout of a decision barring a proposed Pilbara iron ore project, with a tribunal finding it had no jurisdiction to hear the $300 billion case.

Hostplus has called out Lendlease for encouraging investors to skip a meeting convened by the super fund heavyweight in its bid to boot the real estate manager from the $2 billion APPF Industrial fund.

Saying the appeals court committed "fundamental errors" in approaching their claim of loss, the applicants in failed cases against the Commonwealth Bank have appealed to the High Court, in a case that could clarity the elusive test for damages in shareholder class actions.

Mining magnate Clive Palmer has lost a long-running fight against Western Australian legislation over an iron ore project in the Pilbara, with an international tribunal finding it had no jurisdiction to hear $300 billion case.