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Quinbrook develops breakthrough long-term solar battery
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-03-06 11:43 pm By Andy Sidler

In what is believed to be a world first, specialist investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has developed an eight-hour energy storage battery, doubling the storage capacity of its current products.

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‘Passion’ for high-end homes just puffery, but builder on hook for defects: judge
Construction 2025-03-06 11:13 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has rejected a misleading conduct claim against a builder who professed his “passion” for building high-end homes to a client, but put the builder on the hook for over $1 million in damages for rectification works.

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‘Significant intrusion in panorama of views’: VCAT rejects Mount Martha development
Real Estate 2025-03-06 4:32 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has rescinded a permit granted for a residential development in Mount Martha, after finding that a better design could net panoramic views without wrecking the views of another house on the street.

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Albanese government commits $1.1B for Western Freeway upgrade
Politics 2025-03-06 5:00 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The federal government has announced a $1.1 billion investment to upgrade the busiest stretch of Victoria’s Western Freeway. The investment, announced on Thursday, is aimed at upgrading the major arterial road between Melton and Caroline Springs. An estimated 86,000 vehicles pass through the stretch of road per day That figure is expected to balloon to…

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Bankrupt property developer cops 6-year ban by ASIC
ASIC 2025-03-06 11:01 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Bankrupt property developer and ‘God Made Millionaire’ author Andrew Bodnar has landed himself on the corporate watchdog’s disqualified persons list for the second time.

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Contractor loses round in spat over $100M Club Moolia development
Construction 2025-03-05 11:27 pm By Christine Caulfield

A contractor for a proposed $100 million country club near Perth has lost a round in a legal battle that has stalled the project, losing a bid for a freezing order against the landowner.

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New building watchdog will have ‘tough powers’ to order fixes for dodgy work
Construction 2025-03-05 11:02 pm By Sam Matthews

Victoria will create a new building watchdog with “tough new enforcement powers to fix dodgy work”, including taking disciplinary action against builders and ordering that defects be rectified.

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Report recommends Victoria invest $60B in infrastructure
Construction 2025-03-05 11:02 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Infrastructure Victoria has recommended the state invest $60 billion in infrastructure over the next 30 years to meet the demands posed by climate change and a growing population.

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VCAT should have considered Cremorne development’s impact on views, court told
Construction 2025-03-04 11:22 pm By Cindy Cameronne

EPC Pacific is facing a fight after it got the go-ahead from Yarra City Council to build an 11-storey mixed use office building in an inner city Melbourne suburb.

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Developer whose plans were upended by Suburban Rail Loop sues lender
Real Estate 2025-03-04 10:37 pm By Sam Matthews

A developer wants declarations that it is not on the hook for $2 million in fees related to a debt facility for a Highett apartment project that was upended by a compulsory acquisition for the Suburban Rail Loop.

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