CSIRO has won a challenge to an application for a mining patent filed by mining giant Rio Tinto, with an IP Australia delegate finding no […]
The High Court of Australia has rejected an appeal by the Port of Newcastle to overturn a decision that declared the shipping channel at the […]
Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance will represent Rio Tinto as it faces legal action in Australia over allegedly misleading investors about the coal reserves of […]
The Fair Work Commission has refused a bid by an employer group to halt the merger of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union and two […]
A BHP subsidiary acted unreasonably when it failed to consider alternative work for an incapacitated employee and instead sent him home without pay for three […]
The securities regulator is going after failed oil prospector Antares Energy and its former chief executive James Cruickshank after they told investors about offers for […]
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has lodged a case in Federal Court against Rio Tinto, its former CEO and former CFO over allegedly misleading […]
Alcohol, anti-depressants and the common use of bad language at the Illawarra coal mine did not excuse a sacked miner’s threatening and expletive-laced phone calls […]
A Slater and Gordon lawyer representing three unions seeking Fair Work Commission approval for a proposed tie-up, has slammed an “urgent” email from counsel at […]
Energy Australia is not backing down in an industrial dispute over overtime pay for casual workers at its Yallourn Power Station, seeking leave to appeal […]