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Monadelphous wins $300M Rio Tinto contract
Construction 2026-01-14 3:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Engineering company Monadelphous has been awarded a long-term maintenance services contract with Rio Tinto valued at $300 million over five years. 

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‘Like diamonds, easements are forever’: Council wins fight with Adelaide shopping centre
Construction 2026-01-13 11:03 pm By Andy Sidler

An appeals court has upheld a ruling that said “like diamonds, easements are forever”, finding users of the Unley Shopping Centre do not have right of way over a council carpark and access point adjoining the Adelaide shopping centre.

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Court asked to vary $10.7M freezing order over ‘highly unusual’ airport deal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2026-01-09 11:47 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A Dubai-based investor is seeking to vary “punitive” freezing orders won by a brokerage firm that claims he failed to repay a $10.7 million (US$7.2 million) debt over a “highly unusual” airport investment proposal.

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Buildstruct director added to defects case over Caulfield South development
Construction 2026-01-12 11:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The builder of an apartment block in Caulfield South has been joined to a defects case brought by the owners corporation, with a tribunal finding that the application was made in time.

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Court gives green light to inner-Sydney backpackers development
Construction 2026-01-12 11:35 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The NSW Land and Environment Court has cleared the way for a backpackers and hotel accommodation development in Haymarket, Sydney.

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No licence no bar to pursuing payment claim on building project, court says
Aryan Mohseni 2026-01-12 5:28 pm By Andy Sidler

Monarch Building Solutions has lost its bid to strike out waterproofing contractor PJG Frawley Construction’s claim for payment for work allegedly completed on a community-led project to replace buildings destroyed in bushfires in Cobargo. 

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Dispute breaks out over Sorrento’s Continental Hotel
Construction 2026-01-09 11:48 pm By Andy Sidler

The purchaser of the site of the 108-room hotel Continental Hotel Sorrento has sued a consortium that rescued the development after it hit financial troubles, claiming it was excluded from the final stages of the receivership.

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Gilbert + Tobin snaps up infrastructure M&A expert from KWM
Business of Law 2026-01-09 11:23 pm By Andy Sidler

King & Wood Mallesons has lost a seasoned M&A partner with expertise in real estate and infrastructure deals to Gilbert + Tobin.

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ADCO sues local council over Kew Recreation Centre collapse
Construction 2026-01-08 11:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

More than four years after the roof of the Kew Recreation Centre in Melbourne’s east collapsed, builder ADCO has filed a suit seeking millions in damages from the local council, alleging it provided a defective design which made collapse “inevitable”.

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Leda Constructions loses bid for injunction in fight over $4M contract
Construction 2026-01-08 11:14 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Builder Leda Constructions has lost its bid for injunctions that would prevent the principal in a $4 million building contract from calling on two bank guarantees worth $101,553 each. 

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