Construction

Logistics company Qube can't dodge a $71 million payment to subcontractor Martinus Rail, with an appeals court finding no error in an adjudicator's finding that Qube’s payment schedule was "incomprehensible".  

The High Court has found builder J Hutchinson did not arrive at an anti-competitive understanding with the CFMEU to boycott a subcontractor merely by succumbing to the threat of industrial action.

Collapsed Sydney developer Dyldam has told a court that a liquidator's claim for breach of directors' duties is "hopeless" as the company was under a deed of company arrangement at the relevant time.

A court has given the green light to a development related to the federal government’s $5.3 billion Western Sydney International Airport project. 

Tamworth Regional Council has won its bid to be joined to an environmental group's appeal of the approval for the controversial Hills of Gold wind farm.

An inquiry into Victoria's 2026 Commonwealth Games bid has found the former Andrews government did not do its due diligence when it proposed to host the event across multiple regional cities.

VCAT has granted a planning permit to a developer whose eight-storey residential development in Fiztroy was opposed by the local council over concerns about sunlight.

Herbert Smith Freehills has advised government-owned green bank the Clean Energy Finance Corporation on its $160 million co-investment in sustainable construction projects.

A developer has been ordered to pay Merkon $2.4 million for construction work on a Hawthorn residential building, with a court finding that the outstanding costs were still payable despite the builder having a stake in the units. 

Lendlease has lost its bid to allow a key witness to give evidence by audio-visual link in its fight with a company owned by the Macarthur-Onslow family over a Campbelltown development.