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John Pesutto owes $2.3M in costs in Moira Deeming defamation suit
Defamation 2025-05-16 4:38 pm By Andy Sidler

Former Victorian Liberal party leader John Pesutto has been ordered to pay $2.3 million in costs in MP Moira Deeming’s defamation suit over statements found to have conveyed that she had links to neo-Nazis. 

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Former HR head sues Slater & Gordon over email with salary data
Employment 2025-05-15 11:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former Slater & Gordon executive who says she was wrongfully accused of sending a firm-wide email with sensitive salary data has sued the law firm for negligence, saying it should have done more to exonerate her. 

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Tyro class action settlement administrator’s ‘extraordinary’ threat to quit backfires
Class Actions 2025-05-15 11:29 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has refused a bid for more money to distribute a $5 million settlement in a class action against Tyro and has barred the scheme administrator from resigning without the court’s leave, after he threatened to quit.

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EnergyAustralia settles greenwashing case on eve of trial
Greenwashing 2025-05-15 11:22 pm By Andy Sidler

EnergyAustralia has reached a settlement with advocacy group Parents for Climate in a suit accusing it of falsely promoting its carbon offset products as carbon neutral.

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Apple defeats patent infringement suit over Touch ID technology
Intellectual Property 2025-05-15 3:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Apple has defeated a claim by an Australian non-practicing entity that its patents for a remote entry system were infringed by the tech company’s Touch ID and Face ID technology. 

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West Gate Tunnel builders claim $359M from Aurecon for alleged design errors
Construction 2025-05-16 1:21 pm By Cindy Cameronne

West Gate Tunnel builders CPB Contractors and John Holland say engineer Aurecon Australasia should be on the hook for $359 million in damages for alleged design errors in Victoria’s West Tunnel project, a court has heard. 

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Dexus accused of breaching confidentiality in Melbourne, Launceston airport share sale
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-05-16 11:19 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Dexus faces allegations it breached a shareholder deed in selling a stake in the privately-owned Asia Pacific Airport Corporation, which operates Melbourne and Launceston Airports.

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Privium liquidators get more time to pursue lawsuits over ‘questionable’ transactions
Construction 2025-05-16 11:18 pm By Sam Matthews

Liquidators of collapsed builder Privium have won extra time to pursue potential proceedings over a number of suspicious transactions, which include unexplained payments to companies associated with a director.

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Roberts Co Vic administrators can hold funds for Probuild subcontractors on trust: court
Construction 2025-05-16 11:49 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Administrators of construction company Roberts Co Victoria, which owes $272 million to 470 creditors, are justified in treating funds as if held on trust for subcontractors on six projects in Melbourne, a judge has found.

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Beacon Minerals geological consultant pleads guilty to insider trading
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-05-16 11:11 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A geological consultant for gold mining company Beacon Minerals has pleaded guilty to insider trading, while a former project manager for the company maintains he is not guilty.

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