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Clyde & Co brings on insurance team from Carter Newell
Clyde & Co has brought on an insurance partner from Carter Newell, along with her team, marking the sixth partner the firm has added in the past year.
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Sibayne Stillwater unit obliged to reopen Mt Lyell mine, court told
A subsidiary of civil construction company Ian Harrington Group wants to revise its defence to a $3.6 million case by Sibayne Stillwater’s Copper Mines of Tasmania, arguing it has no obligation to rehabilitate a quarry at the shuttered Mt Lyell mine.
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NextDC faces potential class action after $140M revenue drop
Data centre operator NextDC is facing a class action investigation over last Wednesday's profit forecast downgrade on the back of Jemena Electricity's suspension of works at M3 Melbourne.
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AVID tops Warburg Pincus bid with $3.2B offer for Ingenia
AVID Property Group has moved ahead of Warburg Pincus in a contest to acquire Ingenia Communities, securing access to the housing and holiday park operator’s books with a $3.2 billion takeover offer that would also require Ingenia to abandon its acquisition of developer Peet.
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WA passes law to protect subcontractors on government projects
Western Australia has passed new laws designed to ensure subcontractors are paid for works they complete on state government building projects.
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Builder obliged to ‘crack on’, judge says in tossing case over servo collapse
A court has denied Queensland builder Beech Constructions leave to proceed against a subcontractor who built a service station wall that collapsed within days, finding that a near-decade delay warranted the case’s dismissal. 
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Pullman wins access to planning panel notes in student housing fight
The owner of the Pullman Adelaide Hotel has partly won an appeal of a judge’s decision refusing it access to documents about the state planning commission’s approval of a student housing development next to its luxury hotel.
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Court rejects Immerse Project’s 14-storey Gold Coast tower
Property developer Immerse Projects 16 has lost a fight over a proposed Gold Coast apartment tower, with a Queensland court siding with local residents, who argued the project didn't comply with height and density rules for the area.
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Snowy 2.0 costs blow out to $22.2B
The cost estimate for Snowy 2.0 has blown out to $22.2 billion, with the timeline for completing the for the complex infrastructure project  pushed out to 2029.
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Macquarie Health loses case over Sydney private hospital development
Macquarie International Health Clinic has lost the latest chapter in its decades long battle over the proposed development of a private hospital within the precincts of Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.