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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has approved an application by plastics manufacturer OxoPak for a certification trade mark for certain biodegradable plastics.
Irrigators in Australia's South East have launched a class action against the Murray-Darling Basin Authority claiming its mismanagement of the river system caused up to $830 million in losses.
The Montarra oil spill class action trial has been pushed back by two weeks, following the filing of late expert evidence by the applicants "without leave, without notice," according to oil company PTTEP.
After putting to rest a trademark dispute with the Taronga Zoo, the still unopened Sydney Zoo is facing another legal challenge from a competing zoo alleging it is threatening to violate the terms of its development consent.
James Cook University unlawfully dismissed a professor who spoke out against the school and one of its scientists over its climate change views, a judge found Tuesday.
Telecom giant Optus has been hit with a $25,000 criminal fine after pleading guilty to four charges of failing to disclose political donations in its development applications.
A judge has allowed the filing of a last-minute affidavit by the general manager of waste disposal company Aussie Skips in a case brought by a local Sydney council, after lawyers for the company initially tried to spare the "very emotional" boss a cross examination.
A judge overseeing three toxic foam class actions against the Commonwealth of Australia has said he's not comfortable approving a common fund order which does not detail specific remuneration amounts for funder IMF Bentham.
The trustee of the Retail Employees Superannuation Trust wants more details about an ecological landscaper's allegation that it breached its duty of care by failing to make adequate disclosures about climate change risks.
Australia's largest independent coal producer Whitehaven Coal Mining has been convicted and fined $38,500 after potentially harmful gas drifted from one of its mines across neighbouring farmland.