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Veolia wins draft conditions from EPA in fight over waste transfer station
Construction 2025-07-31 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A tribunal has ordered the EPA in Victoria to indicate what conditions it would impose on Veolia’s development application for a waste transfer station, which the regulator has opposed. 

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Court fines Webjet $9M for misleading air travelers about bookings
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-07-28 11:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has signed off on a $9 million penalty against online flight bookings service Webjet for misleading air travelers about prices and bookings.

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Contempt bid against Nine’s in-house lawyers, journalists dismissed
Media 2025-07-18 11:16 am By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has tossed an application for a contempt hearing against in-house lawyers, editors and journalists at Nine who allegedly breached suppression orders in a former ABC radio host’s unfair dismissal case.

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Whitehaven wins fight with enviro groups over climate risk docs
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-07-18 11:59 pm By Sam Matthews

Whitehaven Coal, which is locked in a fight with two conservation groups over the Winchester South coal mine in Queensland, has fought off an application for disclosure of internal climate risk documents created by a related entity.

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Pauline Hanson can’t use employee’s testimony in suit against Burston
Discrimination 2025-07-14 11:17 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has been given the go-ahead to amend her discrimination suit against former senator Brian Burston, but is blocked from relying on transcript evidence from his defamation case.

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Mayfair’s conduct ‘cannot be laid at the door of any lawyers’: judge
ASIC 2025-07-10 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has criticised Mayfair Group’s “directing mind” James Mawhinney in a do-over of ASIC’s case over notes tied to Mission Beach properties, saying “vociferous and continuous efforts” to blame others, including lawyers, for investor losses did not reflect well on him.

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Domain resolves REA Group’s case over alleged data scraping
Intellectual Property 2025-07-10 11:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

Real estate portal Domain has reached a settlement in a lawsuit by News Corp-owned REA Group that accused its rival of misleading conduct and infringing its copyright in property photos and floor plans.

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Johns Lyng accepts $1.3B takeover bid from Pacific Equity Partners
Construction 2025-07-11 11:59 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Australian building services provider Johns Lyng Group has agreed to be acquired by a subsidiary of private equity group Pacific Equity Partners in a $1.3 billion deal.

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Rival real estate portals REA, Domain resolve case
Real Estate 2025-07-10 11:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

Real estate portals Domain and REA Group have settled a lawsuit that alleged Domain scraped photos and floorplans from REA’s exclusive listings for its property reports.

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Court OKs mid-trial climate report in fight over Whitehaven mine
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-07-08 11:58 pm By Andy Sidler

Two conservation groups opposing Whitehaven Coal’s Winchester South coal mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin have won court approval to adduce late expert evidence on possible climate scenarios.

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