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Suncorp units, TAL to pay $34M to settle add-on insurance class action
Class Actions 2025-04-29 11:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Two Suncorp units and insurer TAL Life have agreed to pay $34 million to settle a class action over allegedly worthless add-on insurance sold at car dealerships.

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Qube takes $70M SOPA spat with Martinus Rail to High Court
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-04-30 11:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

Logistics company Qube wants the High Court to clarify the scope of an adjudicator’s role in determining a contractor’s payment claims under the SOP Act.

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Harry Stamoulis in $200M bid for Melbourne office tower
Construction 2025-04-30 11:51 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Property investor Harry Stamoulis is reportedly in talks to buy an office tower on Melbourne’s Collins Street for $200 million.

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JDA Hotels scoops up landmark Crystal Palace Hotel
Real Estate 2025-04-30 11:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Sydney’s landmark Crystal Palace Hotel has been sold after 45 years to Feros family-owned JDA Hotels.

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KWM-repped Stonepeak acquires major stake in IOR Group
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-04-30 11:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

Infrastructure and real asset investment firm Stonepeak has entered a deal to acquire a 75 per cent interest in Queensland-based commercial fuel and logistics provider IOR Group.

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Purchaser of ‘defective’ ACT property loses bid for $5.3M in damages
Construction 2025-04-30 11:13 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has awarded only $100 in nominal damages to the owner of a $5 million industrial site in the ACT, despite finding there was cracking in a concrete slab covered by a warranty. 

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Boab acquires processor for open pit mine for $10M
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-04-30 11:34 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Boab Metals has agreed to buy a processing plant for $10 million from copper ore company Sandfire.

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ACCC can bring misleading conduct claims against printer supplier
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-04-29 11:04 pm By Andy Sidler

The ACCC has won court approval to bring claims against two companies in liquidation alleging they  engaged in unconscionable and misleading conduct in the sale of printing cartridges and cleaning chemicals. 

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ASIC has mixed success in case against family-owned business lender
Financial Services 2025-04-29 11:03 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A business lender that issued personal loans is on the hook for unlicensed credit activity, but ASIC’s action against the director has failed, with a judge finding the regulator was “entirely indifferent” to the circumstances of the case.

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Fonterra can’t get pre-deal ruling on sale’s impact on lucrative Bega licences
Intellectual Property 2025-04-28 11:56 pm By Christine Caulfield

Dairy company Fonterra can’t get a court declaration that its Australian exit plans will not trigger change of control clauses in lucrative licence agreements with Bega, potentially affecting the likely sale price.

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