Cindy Cameronne

The largest KFC franchisee in Australia has been ordered to pay damages to a former breastfeeding manager after a tribunal found she had to express milk under a tent in a doorless storeroom.

The liquidators for landbanking company Aviation 3030 can recover half of a $3.4 million landholder duty from a former director, after a judge found they reaped benefits from indirect ownership in land sold for $135 million in 2018. 

Engineering firm Monadelphous Group has been awarded new construction and maintenance contracts worth $150 million at a Rio Tinto iron ore mine in the Pilbara region. 

Mineralogy has lost its bid for expanded discovery from CITIC in a case seeking to compel the Clive Palmer-owned tenement owner to file expansion proposals allegedly needed to maintain production at a Pilbara iron mine.

Ergon Energy is challenging a notice from the energy regulator in its probe of payments received via a Centrelink direct debit scheme, after AGL was fined $25 million for overcharging welfare recipients.

Chemical manufacturer 3M is facing a class action alleging it sold products containing hazardous materials known as PFAS without disclosing the risks they posed. 

An employee of Victoria's building regulator is among 28 further people now facing charges over allegations builder registrations were given in exchange for bribes. 

Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson is facing a new class action alleging it sold talcum powder that was contaminated with asbestos and caused reproductive system cancers in women.

Allens has advised Clean Energy Finance Corporation on a $1.9 billion investment in two Transgrid projects, one of which will connect Snowy Hydro 2.0 with Sydney and regional NSW.

Property fund manager GPT Group has announced it will increase its stake in Melbourne’s Highpoint Shopping Centre to 25 per cent in a $204.6 million transaction.