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The Queensland government has vowed to review legislation that set out the state's renewable energy targets and has pledged to keep coal power plants running beyond 2035.

Abergeldie Complex Infrastructure has been awarded a contract by the NSW government to construct the $100 million Pitt Town bypass in Sydney's outer north west.

Lendlease has lost a lawsuit seeking to enforce a $120 million purchase agreement for five properties in Campbelltown, with a judge finding its failure to meet the conditions of sale for one key property meant the deal was off.

Advisory firm Perpetual has lost its bid for an injunction against a former senior advisor after 22 of his long-time clients tried to follow him to a rival firm. 

Two NSW Liberal Party members have brought a class action after party officials failed to lodge their nomination forms for local government seats in the 2024 elections.

Affordable housing developer Aspen Group has entered into a conditional contract with lithium giant Albemarle Corporation to buy a 18 hectare accommodation complex in Australind, Western Australia.

Mercedes-Benz has taken aim at an amended group definition in a class action over alleged defeat devices designed to cheat emissions testing, with a judge agreeing that it contains "ambiguities and circularities".

A failed class action against Queensland utilities Stanwell and CS Energy can't delay payment of what might be in excess of $30 million in defence costs while it pursues an appeal, but has dodged a penalty for running a case the companies said was hopeless.

Opposition leader Peter Dutton and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have both pledged to return Darwin Port to Australian control if elected.

The owners of a luxury property in Sydney's Northbridge owe the home's high-end builder payment of oustanding invoices, after a judge rejected as "absurd" the couple's construction of a special condition in their contract.