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Council sues builder ADCO over $59M contract for Kew Recreation Centre
Construction 2025-03-07 11:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Boroondara City Council has sued ADCO seeking urgent orders that it sign a deed of guarantee under a $59 million contract to redevelop Kew Recreation Centre, as the builder faces charges over a roof collapse.

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Coburn can pull from $6.88M security in fight over mineral sands project contract
Construction 2025-03-07 11:46 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The owner of the Coburn mineral sands project in Western Australia can deduct money allegedly owed by construction company Primero for allegedly breaching their contract from $6.85 million held as a security. In a Friday judgment, WA Supreme Court Justice Natalie Whitby sided with Coburn Resources in finding that Coburn can have recourse to the…

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Duke Apartments developer can bring $6M offsetting claim in fight with builder
Construction 2025-03-07 11:33 pm By Andy Sidler

Duke Ventures has succeeded in setting aside a statutory demand from the builder of a 10-storey development in Collingwood, with a judge finding the property developer can rely on a $6 million offsetting claim. 

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Superintendent to be dragged into Dymocks’ $4.5M suit over award-winning roof
Construction 2025-03-07 11:20 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Dymocks Book Arcade wants to join a project’s superintendent to a $4.5 million lawsuit over a defective roof at a property on the NSW North Coast.

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Crown Group liquidators sue partner on stalled luxury Southbank tower
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-03-06 11:04 pm By Christine Caulfield

Liquidators of collapsed developer Crown Group have brought legal action against the company’s partner in a joint venture to build a residential tower in Melbourne’s Southbank, seeking to force a sale of the property.

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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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