Construction

The Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority has been sharply criticised by counsel assisting the royal commission into Victoria's Big Build after it provided heavily redacted documents.

Developer Villawood will subpoena a barrister who represented its former director, as well as two of his solicitors, as part of its criminal contempt charges alleging the director gave deliberately false instructions to try to mislead the court.

Mallesons' fight to stop the liquidators of defunct developer FSM from examining a former firm lawyer has been pushed to next year in light of a Full Court appeal over whether non-parties summoned for liquidator exams can seek reviews of registrar's orders.

The High Court has found the Victorian Supreme Court has jurisdiction to hear a dispute between the planning minister Sonya Kilkenny and supermarket chain IGA about a proposed amendment to a council's by-laws, despite the absence of an approval decision.

A former CFMEU organiser has told the royal commission into Victoria's Big Build that a union boss said he had a "direct line" to former Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan.

Builder Fitzgerald Constructions has sued Cement Australia and Independent Cement alleging they breached an $80 million contract to build a storage silo in Port Melbourne. 

The royal commission probing Victoria's Big Build has heard that for site operators, there was no alternative but to give in to demands by the CFMEU.

The bankruptcy trustees of a former director of Sydney builder Quasar have won their bid to be joined to proceedings by the company's liquidators over money he allegedly transferred to his former wife, over her objections.

Construction company Qanstruct has settled its case against steel fibre reinforcement manufacturer Bosfar over $55 million in alleged defects at the Port Botany Enfield intermodal logistics centre. 

The company behind the $1 billion Golden Beach gas storage project in Gippsland has fallen into administration, a fortnight after the Victorian government approved its licence.