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‘Perverse’: Court lambasts delay in ruling on challenge to Woodside’s North West Shelf
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-08-25 11:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Two elections and three different Environment Ministers later, and a heritage application to protect Murujuga rock art from Woodside’s activities on the North West Shelf remains undecided — a delay blasted by a judge as unreasonable and perverse.

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Appeal filed in failed class action against ex-CBA unit Count Financial
Class Actions 2025-06-30 11:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Another failed class action is headed to the Full Court, with a case against ex-CBA unit Count Financial appealing a ruling that found advisors did not breach their duty to act in their clients’ best interest.

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Enviro group can’t dodge costs for failed challenge to wind farm
Environment 2025-06-27 11:35 pm By Sam Matthews

An activist group which unsuccessfully challenged the government’s approval of a wind farm in North Queensland because of its effects on rare birds has lost its bid to dodge costs on public interest grounds, with a judge saying both sides sought to advance the public interest.

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No ‘screaming urgency’ in legal challenge to Woodside’s North Shelf extension, court told
Zelie Heger 2025-06-06 11:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The environment minister has argued there is no “screaming urgency” in hearing a traditional custodian’s legal challenge to Woodside’s bid to extend its North West Shelf gas project by 40 years. 

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Judge tosses financial advice class action against ex-CBA unit
Class Actions 2025-05-27 11:49 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has dismissed a class action against ex-CBA unit Count Financial alleging that it breached it duty to act in clients’ best interests and ensure adviser remuneration was free of conflict. 

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No fowl: Queensland wind farm not inconsistent with treaties on birds, judge says
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-05-22 11:35 pm By Christine Caulfield

An activist group has lost a challenge to the approval of a 69-turbine wind farm in North Queensland that it says ran afoul of international treaties to protect migratory birds, with a judge finding no grounds to review the decision.

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$59M settlement reached in rate-rigging class action against banks
Class Actions 2025-05-08 11:30 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A $59 million settlement has been reached in a long-running class action accusing five major banks of foreign exchange rate-rigging.

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Court clarifies licensing regime in win for offshore wind project
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-11-11 2:51 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has overturned energy minister Chris Bowen’s refusal to greenlight energy company Seadragon’s offshore wind farm project off the coast of Gippsland.

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High Court challenge lodged over mega coal mine extensions in NSW
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-06-14 11:39 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An environment advocacy group is seeking special leave from the High Court to appeal a decision that allowed the extension of two Mach Energy and Whitehaven Coal mega coal mines in NSW, saying courts have “enfeebled” environmental legislation.

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Environmental laws ‘ill-suited’ to dealing with threat of climate change, Full Court says
Environment 2024-05-16 11:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An appeals court has dismissed an environmental advocacy group’s challenge to the extension of two Mach Energy and Whitehaven Coal mega coal mines in NSW, saying the current environmental laws are “ill-suited” to dealing with the global threat of climate change. 

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