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Qantas asks for meeting with ACCC after Alliance acquisition hits wall
The competition regulator has opposed Qantas' acquisition of Brisbane-based regional airline Alliance Aviation Services, saying the deal was likely to substantially reduce competition in air transport for mining companies in Western Australia and Queensland.
Judge won’t stay reference in ‘monumental’ Santos, Fluor litigation
A judge won't stay a reference process which US company Fluor claims is infected with bias, in a "monumental" dispute with energy giant Santos that has already generated a $57.5 million legal bill for the engineering firm.
KordaMentha partners fight examination over Arrium administration
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is fighting a challenge by three KordaMentha partners to the regulator’s decision to allow insurer Atradius to subject them to public examination over their administration of failed steel giant Arrium.
KPMG points finger at CudeCo, directors in class action over company collapse
KPMG has hit back at a shareholder class action over allegedly misleading statements made ahead of CuDeco’s collapse in 2020, placing blame on the defunct mining company, its directors and group members themselves. 
As trial in family feud nears, Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting rebuked for contributing to delay
A judge has granted a discovery bid by two of Gina Rinehart's children as a long-running fight over ownership of a valuable mining tenement nears trial, and has rejected her company's argument that they were solely responsible for dragging out a dispute over documents.
High Court dashes Spain’s challenge to sovereign immunity claims in $394M dispute
Spain has lost its High Court appeal arguing it had sovereign immunity from an Australian court’s recognition of a $394 million arbitration award against the country for changes to its energy policies. 
Thiess settles underpayments class action by FIFO workers for $858,000
Mining services company Thiess has settled a class action by fly-in fly-out workers who alleged they were not paid for time spent on the bus travelling home from a Pilbara-based liquefied natural gas processing plant owned by Woodside Energy.
Albanese taunts ex-AG Christian Porter over team-up with Clive Palmer
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has derided former Attorney-General Christian Porter for reportedly leading Clive Palmer’s $300 billion arbitration claim against the federal government.
Hancock Prospecting must hand over docs to Rinehart children
Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has lost its bid to avoid producing documents to Bianca Rinehart and John Hancock after a judge rejected arguments the Rinehart children were abusing the court’s processes in a long-running dispute over ownership of a valuable mining tenement.
Court needs novel approaches for class actions or ‘system will collapse’, judge says
A judge overseeing a competition class action against Queensland power companies Stanwell and CS Energy has warned that judges need to be inventive in how they manage large group proceedings, otherwise the “system will collapse”.