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CDC to open WA data centre to meet AI, AUKUS demand
Construction 2025-08-12 11:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

CDC Data Centres is planning to open a 200-megawatt data centre in Western Australia, citing heightened demand from AI and the region’s importance for the AUKUS security partnership. 

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HWL Ebsworth loses fight over referees in developer’s $130M negligence case
Professional Negligence 2025-08-12 11:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

Law firm HWL Ebsworth, which was found liable for negligence over advice on a Parramatta land development, has lost its opposition to a referee process for calculating damages.

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Parkview wants chance to settle second Australia Towers cladding case
Construction 2025-08-12 11:09 pm By Christine Caulfield

Parkview Constructions is looking to settle a second case over alleged combustible cladding at Australia Towers in Sydney Olympic Park.

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Santos wins $690M against Fluor over Gladstone LNG project
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-08-11 11:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

Energy giant Santos has won a dispute over its Gladstone LNG project, described by a court as “litigation on a monumental scale”, securing a $692 million judgment against engineering firm Fluor with the help of four silks.

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Planning law doesn’t bar jurisdictional review bid to Supreme Court, judges say
Construction 2025-08-11 11:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

IGA can pursue its Victoria Supreme Court challenge to a decision allowing up to four supermarkets to operate in Shepparton, with an appeal bench finding the court can review planning decisions for jurisdictional error.

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Builder can’t wind up Bowral developer unwilling, but not unable, to pay debt
Construction 2025-08-11 11:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

Builder Xela has failed in its bid to wind up the owner of a development to recoup a $776,000 debt owing under the Security of Payment Act, with a court finding that despite an unwillingness to pay, the owner is solvent. 

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Monash University sues Multiplex over ‘defective’ bathroom pods
Construction 2025-08-08 11:41 pm By Andy Sidler

Monash University has taken construction giant Multiplex to court after its subcontractor installed more than 1,000 bathroom pods in the university’s residential buildings with allegedly defective floors that leaked. 

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Qube can’t dodge $70M in SOPA spat with Martinus Rail after High Court bid fails
Construction 2025-08-08 11:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has rejected logistics company Qube’s special leave application asking it to clarify the scope of an adjudicator’s role in determining a contractor’s payment claims under the SOP Act.

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High Court won’t hear Amcor remediation fight with Glenvill
Construction 2025-08-08 11:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has declined to weigh in on when a court should step in when the machinery governing the entitlement to payments in a contract breaks down, in a dispute between builder Glenvill and Amcor over asbestos remediation at an industrial site in the Melbourne suburb of Alphington.

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Government move into construction sparks demand for professional indemnity specialists
Construction 2025-08-08 11:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The construction and infrastructure sector is seeing a growing demand for professional indemnity specialists in the wake of increased government investment over the last ten years and rising complexities around insurance policies, a Clyde & Co partner has told Lawyerly. 

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