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Fairfield developer wins spat over $3M payment claim
Construction 2025-09-22 11:11 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A developer has won an injunction to stop a builder from enforcing an adjudication decision in a dispute over a $3 million payment claim, with a judge finding it would be an abuse of process to make the developer pay.

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Renewables company Edify acquired by Canadian pension fund
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-09-22 11:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Renewables and energy storage company Edify Energy has been acquired by Canadian pension fund La Caisse in a $1.1 billion deal, which includes investments in two planned solar and BESS hybrid projects. 

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Employment Hero denies misusing Seek’s data to launch rival job list
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-09-18 11:50 pm By Sam Matthews

Human resources company Employment Hero, which has accused Seek of abusing its dominance by cutting access to its platform, has rejected claims in the hiring giant’s defence of misuse of candidate data.

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Brittany Higgins appeals $315,000 judgment in Reynolds defamation case
Defamation 2025-09-18 11:53 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins is appealing a finding that she defamed Linda Reynolds in social media posts that implied the former Defence minister mishandled her rape allegations against ex-colleague Bruce Lehrmann.

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Developer sues Maddocks over Toorak penthouse deal with millionaire
Real Estate 2025-09-19 11:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Developer Techin MBS has filed a lawsuit against Maddocks, claiming the law firm is liable for negligence if a contract of sale for a penthouse in Toorak with multi-millionaire Scott Shearman is not found to be binding.

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TPG can’t challenge SOPA win for Kenik over $14M Taringa Coles
Construction 2025-09-19 11:13 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A court has rejected a property developer’s bid to challenge a payment claim decision that found in favour of collapsed builder Kenik, the contractor on a $14 million Coles and Liquorland in Taringa.

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SMEC, Jacobs joined by Acciona to Hunter Valley bus crash class action
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-09-19 11:04 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Acciona has filed cross-claims against engineering firms SMEC and Jacobs Group after being joined to a class action over a deadly bus accident in NSW’s Hunter Valley.

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Pauline Hanson to fight credit findings in discrimination appeal
Appeals 2025-09-18 11:44 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

One Nation senator Pauline Hanson will dispute adverse credit findings made against her as part of her appeal of a judgment in a racial discrimination case by Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi.

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Jackpot for digital innovation as Full Court broadens test for what is patentable
Analysis 2025-09-17 11:26 pm By Christine Caulfield

It faced defeat at the Full Federal Court and encountered a deadlocked High Court, still Aristocrat persisted in its seven-year fight to get patent protection for the popular Lightning Link poker machine. The long game paid off.

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SIXT alleges Darwin Airport acted unconscionably with order to vacate
Real Estate 2025-09-18 11:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

German car hire company SIXT has expanded its $1.9 million case against the Darwin International and Alice Springs airports over allegedly unlawful lease agreements, alleging the Darwin airport acting unconscionably and in retaliation by serving it with a notice to vacate the airport site.

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