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Western Australia-based wagering company Playwest has sued Apple after its app was removed from the App Store without notice over alleged fraud concerns.

The state of Victoria wants to declass a representative proceeding brought on behalf of climate protesters over Victoria Police's use of pepper spray, telling a judge it is prepared to negotiate individually with the 50 group members. 

The Commonwealth has lost its bid to strike out and declass a class action on behalf of female Australian Defence Force employees who allegedly faced systemic harassment and discrimination.

An environmental group has lost its bid to stop slashing works at a development site at Brunswick Heads, after a judge tossed its lawsuit seeking to block the 123-lot residential development.

The Northern Territory's public housing authority can amend its defence in a class action alleging it failed to maintain habitable housing in remote Aboriginal communities to allege that tenants failed to keep housing "reasonably clean".

Construction firm Civmec has sued the joint venture behind the $8 billion Sydney Metro Northwest project seeking enforcement of an arbitration award. 

The Northern Territory has foreshadowed a strike-out application in a "far from straightforward" class action alleging racial discrimination against Aboriginal Community Police Officers over decades.

The maker of Maltofer iron supplements is suing Arrotex over ads that claim its Ferro-grad C iron supplement is faster acting and reduces the risk of constipation. 

Former Keystone Asset Management director Paul Chiodo has agreed not to raise money for his property fund Royce Capital after ASIC alleged the fund was secretly being used to cover his legal fees in the regulator’s enforcement action.

An environmental group that plans to appeal its failed challenge to a Brunswick Heads development has launched a bid to stop slashing works at the site.