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Snowdon Developments liquidators settle with supplier
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-09-05 11:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

Liquidators of collapsed Snowdon Developments have reached a settlement with a building supplier as part of efforts to collect more than $2 million in payments allegedly made when the Melbourne developer was insolvent.

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ASIC gets High Court’s attention in case against crypto firm Block Earner
Cryptocurrency 2025-09-04 11:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

The corporate regulator has won the High Court’s leave to challenge a ruling for cryptocurrency firm Block Earner that it argues will allow future crypto products to evade the rules.

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ACCC raises concerns over IAG’s proposed $1.3B takeover of RACWA
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-09-04 11:23 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The competition watchdog has raised concerns that IAG’s proposed $1.35 billion acquisition of the RACWA’s insurance operations could substantially lessen competition.

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Lattouf calls out ABC’s ‘performative’ regret in seeking $350K penalty
Employment 2025-09-03 10:49 pm By Sam Matthews

Ex-ABC presenter Antoinette Lattouf is seeking a penalty of up to $350,000 against the national broadcaster for her unfair dismissal, citing its “performative” expressions of regret. 

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Tasmanian junior doctors launch class action for unpaid overtime
Class Actions 2025-09-03 11:23 pm By Christine Caulfield

Junior doctors in Tasmania are the latest to bring a class action seeking compensation for years of alleged unpaid overtime work at the state’s major hospitals.

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Harvey Norman fails in ‘barely arguable’ appeal over interest free ads
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-09-05 4:02 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The Full Federal Court has tossed Latitude Finance and Harvey Norman’s appeal of a ruling that found the retailer’s ads touting ‘interest free’ payment methods were misleading. 

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Icon sues insurers over $21M in Opal Tower rectification costs
Construction 2025-09-04 11:33 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Builder Icon has taken insurers Chubb and Mitsui Sumimoto to court, arguing it is entitled to claim $21 million for the costs of rectifying Sydney’s Opal Tower development.

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High Court won’t hear wind farm’s $21M payments spat with GE, Elecnor
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-09-04 11:42 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has rejected a South Australian wind farm’s special leave application seeking to overturn a ruling ordering it to make a $21 million progress payment to joint venture partners GE Renewable Energy and Elecnor.

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Sharvain directors succeed in narrowing discovery in case by freight company
Construction 2025-09-04 11:32 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The directors of defunct Sharvain Facades have won a bid to narrow the scope of documents they must produce in a case by Commercial Freight and Logisticsw, which claims an equitable lien over real estate.

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High Court won’t hear challenge to security interest over power plant
Construction 2025-09-04 11:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has declined collapsed gold mine owner Kirkalocka’s special leave bid seeking to challenge a finding that mining contractor Zenith had a security interest over a power plant in Western Australia 

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