Energy & Natural Resources

Billboard company Manboom has suffered a loss in its case against Jemena Gas alleging the presence of underground gas infrastructure at a site in Mascot, NSW that supplies gas to 1.6 million customers amounts to trespassing.

ASIC has called for a court to strike out negligence and public misfeasance claims in a suit by billionaire Clive Palmer alleging the regulator and its chief investigator were "improperly influenced” by corporate rivals.

ASIC has filed proceedings against mineral exploration company AVZ Minerals and two of its directors, alleging the company failed to disclose a critical legal dispute, including a forgery claim, relating to a $32 million lithium mine deal.

A class action on behalf of thousands of victims of the December 2019 Cudlee Creek bushfire has reached a confidential settlement with two individuals, while claims worth $200 million against SA Power Networks have proceeded to trial. 

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency will invest $45 million into Fortescue's first-of-its-kind solar innovation hub in Western Australia's Pilbara region.

AGL has agreed to sell the lion's share of its equity stake in Tilt Renewables to the Queensland Investment Corporation and Australia's sovereign wealth fund for $750 million.

Mobil Oil has agreed to pay a $16 million penalty after admitting it ran false ads in far North Queensland claiming it was selling a specific brand of fuel with certain benefits, when in fact it was suppling ordinary fuel. 

Acciona is facing what it says is a "hopelessly flawed" suit by its construction partner on the troubled East Rockingham waste-to-energy plant over patented equipment used to facilitate waste combustion. 

Acciona is mulling a bid to summarily dismiss a "hopelessly flawed" patent suit by its construction partner on the troubled East Rockingham waste-to-energy plant project, saying it is doomed in light of a High Court decision holding a patentee’s rights are exhausted at the time of sale.

The government has granted speedy approval to a solar farm and BESS on cleared land near Toowoomba in Queensland.