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FWO targets CFMEU officials’ representations at Monash Freeway upgrade site
Construction 2025-09-24 11:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

In a new lawsuit, the FWO alleges CFMEU officials made unlawful representations to an Indigenous work hire company at the site for CPB Contractors’ $761 million contract for the Monash Freeway upgrade.

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Builder Devakon hit with $120K judgment for defects in Malvern development
Construction 2025-09-23 11:37 pm By Sam Matthews

Builder Devakon has been ordered to pay $120,000 to remedy defects in an apartment development in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern East, dodging the owners’ bid for damages of almost $1 million.

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Cobolt fights Duke developer’s recourse to security in feud over project
Construction 2025-09-23 11:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

The builder of the Duke apartment complex in the inner city Melbourne suburb of Collingwood wants a court to block the property developer from accessing a bank guarantee as their dispute over the project continues.

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JY Group puts down $318.6M for stake in Bankstown Central shopping centre
Real Estate 2025-09-23 11:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Real estate investment manager JY Group has acquired a 50 percent stake in the Bankstown Central shopping centre in Sydney’s south-west for $318.6 million.

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Group opposing Bucketty’s Brewery pub dodges bid for security
Construction 2025-09-23 11:55 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Bucketty’s Brewery has failed to convince the NSW Land and Environment Court to order security against a community group seeking to overturn a local council’s approval of the brewery’s plan to build a new pub and cafe.

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ANZ conduct ‘remarkable’, judge says after ALAMMC director allegedly withdraws frozen funds
Construction 2025-09-22 11:16 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has ordered ANZ to explain itself after hearing the director of a Gold Coast property developer under investigation withdrew $112,000 from a bank account subject to freezing orders.

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Fairfield developer wins spat over $3M payment claim
Construction 2025-09-22 11:11 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A developer has won an injunction to stop a builder from enforcing an adjudication decision in a dispute over a $3 million payment claim, with a judge finding it would be an abuse of process to make the developer pay.

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Commercial development ‘greatest potential risk’ in $200B private credit sector: ASIC
Real Estate 2025-09-22 10:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An ASIC report into private credit has found that commercial property construction and development presents the “greatest potential risk” of impairment or credit loss, as well as being more likely to involve conflicts of interest and opaque fee arrangements. 

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Developer sues Maddocks over Toorak penthouse deal with millionaire
Real Estate 2025-09-19 11:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Developer Techin MBS has filed a lawsuit against Maddocks, claiming the law firm is liable for negligence if a contract of sale for a penthouse in Toorak with multi-millionaire Scott Shearman is not found to be binding.

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TPG can’t challenge SOPA win for Kenik over $14M Taringa Coles
Construction 2025-09-19 11:13 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A court has rejected a property developer’s bid to challenge a payment claim decision that found in favour of collapsed builder Kenik, the contractor on a $14 million Coles and Liquorland in Taringa.

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