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$500M waste-to-energy plant wins extension, as Acciona’s wait continues
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-07-14 12:28 pm By Andy Sidler

Receivers of the $500 million East Rockingham waste-to-energy project will have until the end of September to hash out a plan to maximise creditor returns, as Acciona’s wait for approval of its bid to acquire the plant continues.

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Lendlease to oversee real estate portfolio of Malaysia’s biggest super fund
Real Estate 2025-07-14 11:19 am By Christine Caulfield

Lendlease has been chosen to manage real estate investment for Malaysia’s biggest public sector superannuation fund, even as it reportedly faces a fight to retain control of investment dollarsfor Australia’s super giants.

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‘Miscellaneous’ licence doesn’t exempt Atlantic from WA land rates: court
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-07-14 11:13 am By Sam Matthews

Atlantic will have to pay its dues to a local council in Western Australia, where it operates a $700 million mining project, with a court rejecting arguments that would allow mining companies to avoid paying rates on land that may produce “considerable profits”.

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Payday lenders BSF, Cigno lose appeal in ASIC case
Financial Services 2025-07-10 10:07 am By Cindy Cameronne

Payday lenders BSF Solutions and Cigno have lost an appeal in action by ASIC alleging they engaged in unlicensed credit activity and charged prohibited fees, in the case’s second run up to the Full Federal Court.

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Grant Thornton partner admonished for iSignthis audit review
Financial Services 2025-07-10 11:25 pm By Sam Matthews

A Grant Thornton partner has been admonished for failing to properly review the firm’s audit of the 2018 financial statements of delisted fintech iSignthis, in a promising turn for a recently filed class action.

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Fight over Machiavelli restaurant matriarch’s will leads to ‘outrageous’ legal costs
Estates 2025-07-11 11:57 pm By Christine Caulfield

Following the death of the 85-year old founder of famed Machiavelli Ristorante in Sydney, siblings Paola Toppi and Walter Toppi have racked up almost $1 million in legal costs fighting over the $2 million estate.

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ACCC clears Lactalis play for Fonterra assets
M&A 2025-07-10 11:08 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will not oppose an acquisition by Lactalis of assets of New Zealand dairy cooperative Fonterra if the French multinational is successful in its bid.

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ASIC wins $3.5M penalty over funeral insurer’s ‘Aboriginal owned’ claims
Insurance 2025-07-10 11:30 pm By Andy Sidler

Funeral insurer ACBF has been hit with a $3.5 million penalty for “callous” and “egregious” misrepresentations to Indigenous customers that its business was Aboriginal owned or managed.

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Melbourne Uni professor axed for relationship with student wins job back
Employment 2025-07-10 11:06 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A Melbourne University engineering professor who was sacked for sending intimate messages to a PhD student has been reinstated after the Fair Work Commission found he was unfairly dismissed.

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Acciona, AECOM to face class action claims over Hunter Valley bus crash
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-07-11 11:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A class action on behalf of families of victims of a bus accident in Hunter Valley, NSW has won court approval to add builder Acciona and consultant AECOM as defendants, claiming they were responsible for the construction and certification of the interchange where the tragedy occurred. 

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