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Liberal Party entity urges court to toss case over $1.5M Pesutto loan
Politics 2025-11-11 11:00 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A company linked to the Victorian Liberal Party that provided a $1.5 million advance to former party leader John Pesutto says a case launched to block the loan should be thrown out.

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ASIC fights to strike out Palmer’s negligence, public misfeasance claims
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-11-11 11:33 pm By Sam Matthews

ASIC has called for a court to strike out negligence and public misfeasance claims in a suit by billionaire Clive Palmer alleging the regulator and its chief investigator were “improperly influenced” by corporate rivals.

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Open4Sale directors can’t rely on company funds to pay $2.8M penalties
ASIC 2025-11-11 11:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

Penalties imposed for disclosure breaches will hit two directors of e-commerce firm Open4Sale where it hurts, after a court on Tuesday barred the pair from having recourse to any indemnity by the company.

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BHP ordered to pay Qld coal mine workers for holiday roster
Employment 2025-11-11 11:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

BHP must compensate coal mine workers who were rostered to work at a Queensland mine on Christmas and Boxing Day without a reasonable right of refusal.

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Russia loses High Court fight over embassy lease termination
Real Estate 2025-11-12 3:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Russia has lost its High Court challenge to the federal government’s decision to terminate its lease on a site where it intended to build a new embassy in Canberra, but the court found the Commonwealth must pay the country reasonable compensation. 

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‘Deliberate bad faith’ conduct by buyer of $26M Rose Bay villa, trial told
Trials 2025-11-12 11:55 pm By Sam Matthews

After selling his $26 million Rose Bay mansion to AsheMorgan principal Michael Rothner in 2023, options trader David Waterhouse has levied allegations of “deliberate bad faith conduct”, on the first day of trial in a case over the mysterious removal of trees on a neighbouring property.

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Judge content to keep $4M Geocon construction dispute in Federal Court
Construction 2025-11-12 11:55 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge who previously questioned why Geocon’s $4 million construction dispute over two Canberra developments was in the Federal Court has said he will continue to hear the case.

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Mobil to cop $16M penalty for misleading consumers about fuel
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-11-10 2:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mobil Oil has agreed to pay a $16 million penalty after admitting it ran false ads in far North Queensland claiming it was selling a specific brand of fuel with certain benefits, when in fact it was suppling ordinary fuel. 

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Billboard company Manboom loses trespass case against Jemena Gas
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-11-11 11:36 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Billboard company Manboom has suffered a loss in its case against Jemena Gas alleging the presence of underground gas infrastructure at a site in Mascot, NSW that supplies gas to 1.6 million customers amounts to trespassing.

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Solicitor who misrepresented judge’s view loses appeal of caution
Legal Ethics 2025-11-10 11:51 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A solicitor who attributed a barrister’s submission about his client’s capacity to a Supreme Court judge in a letter to a costs assessor has lost an appeal of a NSW Law Society decision to caution him.

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