Construction

Fletcher Building has sold a South Australian industrial property to an unnamed investor for $20.05 million.

Former CFMEU Victorian secretary John Setka has reached an agreement with the Fair Work Ombudsman in proceedings alleging he tried to coerce the AFL to sack an umpire over his previous role at the Australian Building and Construction Commission.

Queensland developer Azure has partially won a security of payment spat, with a judge finding an adjudicator erred in finding it owes $1.7 million to a contractor for works on a luxury apartment building.

The CEO of Lendlease has confirmed a whistleblower's claim that a KPMG audit partner accessed confidential Lendlease board papers which were then shared with a team pursuing an audit tender with Westpac.

A funder bankrolling proceedings over the compulsory acquisition of land for the Westconnex road project in Sydney has lost its bid to revive a lawsuit against the plaintiffs, with an appeals court saying it was a “classic example of abuse of process”.

A judge has permanently stayed a suit against developer Stennson over a Caulfield North residential development after finding the developer would suffer prejudice because the builder on the project was not a party in the case.

A lawsuit by construction company McMahon Services against South Australia's Minister for Infrastructure and Transport over upgrades to two SeaLink ferry wharfs has been stayed, with a court finding the builder should be held to its contractual bargain.

Plans to build a Trump Tower on the Gold Coast have been scrapped, with the Australian developer pointing to the Iran war and referring to the Trump brand as "toxic".

The High Court will hear the appeal of a failed class action over the planned demolition of inner-city public housing towers in Melbourne, which will involve consideration of the right to remain in settled social communities.

The developer behind a Sydney housing project at the centre of a class action has warned that the plaintiffs’ proposed amendments to the case could jeopardise the start date of trial in the case.