Transportation & Infrastructure

The High Court has knocked back shipping company CSL Australia’s attempt to avoid paying millions of dollars in damages after its cement carrier crashed into two tugboats docked in a Tasmanian port. 

A lawsuit by construction company McMahon Services against South Australia's Minister for Infrastructure and Transport over upgrades to two SeaLink ferry wharfs has been stayed, with a court finding the builder should be held to its contractual bargain.

A judge has allowed Adani unit Bravus to bring a $22 million counterclaim against Isaac Regional Council in Queensland, alleging it breached an agreement to upgrade a 96-kilometre road to access the Carmichael mine.

Norton Rose Fulbright has appointed a partner from US firm Sidley Austin to join its Asia Pacific energy and infrastructure practice. 

A major contractor on the Western Sydney Airport Metro project has been terminated as a corruption investigation into supply chains is referred to police and a number of agencies, including NACC.

The Albanese government is set to spend $2 billion over the next four years to fund critical infrastructure to bolster housing supply.

Clayton Utz has recruited a projects partners from Allens to strengthen the firm's resources and infrastructure practice.

The High Court has found derivative crown immunity did not allow the NSW government to enter into alleged anti-competitive agreements when privatising two ports, disagreeing with a decision in a related case by the ACCC.

The Albanese government is planning to spend $3.8 billion more on Melbourne's Suburban Rail Loop rapid transit project, one day after it walked away from the completion of the Inland Rail project.

Renewable energy projects are moving away from rigid, long-term tolling agreements towards more flexible financing structures, according to an Ashurst partner, with lenders warming to new mechanisms like virtual tolling agreements.