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Traditional land owners in the central Pilbara have filed a class action to force the removal of dumped asbestos waste, some 60 years after the Wittenoom asbestos mines closed and the town was struck from the map.

Coles increased prices on hundreds of products only as part of a plan to later mark them with a ‘Down Down’ promotion, despite the price being lower only weeks before, the ACCC has argued.

A judge has ordered oil company Lighthouse to pay further security for costs in its $600 million case against the government of East Timor, a "hard fought contest" he said was unlikely to resolve ahead of trial.

A judge has thrown out a class action led by the father of famed mining investor Nathan Tinkler over claims ASX-listed Whitehaven Coal failed to fulfil an implied term of a $150 million share subscription. 

A former star of Real Housewives of Melbourne has denied altering text messages in a case alleging her sister gave her a $2 million Toorak townhouse in return for relinquishing her stake in a music production business.

Traditional land owners in the central Pilbara have filed a class action to force the removal of dumped asbestos waste, some 60 years after the Wittenoom asbestos mines closed and the town was struck from the map.

A judge has struck out sections of natural gas exporter Australia Pacific LNG’s defence in Tri-Star’s long-running case over coal seam gas fields in Queensland, which centres on a $7.6 billion share sale to ConocoPhillips.

The tax office has won the appointment of special purpose liquidators to entities behind a number of Queensland construction projects, as it seeks to claw back a claimed $16 million debt.

A cocktail bar located in the basement of Merivale's Fred's restaurant in Paddington has won court approval to trade until 2 am four days a week.

Former ANZ CEO Shayne Elliott has dropped a lawsuit alleging the bank breached the terms of a contract governing his departure when it denied him $13.5 million in bonus payments.