Industries

The High Court has agreed on an early November hearing date in a dispute over Bass Strait hydrocarbon royalties, despite a plea to the heavens by counsel for Esso and Woodside.

A report into a bus crash in NSW's Hunter Valley that killed 10 passengers has found that while the interchange where the crash occurred met all road safety standards, additional engineering controls and design guidance could have reduced the risk of a fatal rollover.

A trial in the state of Victoria's dispute with the owners of Pakenham Place Shopping Centre over a compulsory land acquisition has been vacated.

Heidelberg Materials' $1.7 billion acquisition of Maas Group Holdings' construction material unit has been approved by the ACCC provided it sheds three concrete plants and a quarry -- the regulator's first phase 1 review with conditions.

As Telstra faces scrutiny over this month's nationwide Triple Zero outage, the communications regulator said Thursday it had brought action against Optus over last year's emergency call blackout.

The internet safety watchdog has taken messaging service Telegram to court for allegedly failing to detect and remove pro-terror material from its platform.

A self-represented former director of the defunct Falcon Capital has told a court he has emails that clear him of claims by ASIC, but the corporate regulator said the documents may contain privileged information. 

Testing lab ALS must hand over almost all of a McGrathNicol report into allegedly exaggerated coal testing results, after a judge found last year the company had waived privileged over parts of the report by referring to its findings in an ASX statement.

ASIC will press on with its case against defunct lender Oak Capital alleging the company's business model was designed to avoid consumer protections under the National Credit Code.

A judge has told US-based haircare company Amika, which has accused Kmart and Target of selling knock-off versions of its products, that it must choose between early mediation or going to mediation "fully armed" with discovery.