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Lifestyle wins stay of VCAT orders finding exit fees unenforceable
Real Estate 2025-07-28 11:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

Retirement village operator Lifestyle Communities has secured a reprieve from a ruling that found its exit fee policy was unenforceable, but has said it won’t spend the funds it collects while the stay is in place.

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iProsperity liquidators pursue Crown for $55M in gambling losses
Real Estate 2025-07-28 11:05 pm By Christine Caulfield

The liquidators of iProsperity Group want Crown to repay $55 million in company funds they say were gambled away by the real estate funds manager’s directors.

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Engineering firm Daracon loses fight to expand NSW quarry
Construction 2025-07-28 11:43 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

NSW engineering firm Daracon Group has failed to overturn a state independent planning commission’s decision which rejected its plan to expand a hard rock quarry in the Hunter Region.

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Bulldogs can’t escape jury trial in second fan abuse case
Sports 2025-07-25 11:55 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Western Bulldogs football club has lost its bid to avoid a jury trial in a second lawsuit by a fan alleging he was sexually abused as a boy by a club volunteer in the 1980s.

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Werribee shopping centre wants AIG, others added to $356M suit against Probuild
Construction 2025-07-25 11:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The co-owners of the Pacific Werribee shopping centre in Victoria are seeking to join collapsed builder Probuild’s primary insurer AIG and several excess insurers to their case over $356 million in alleged defects.

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Contractors dragged into Deakin University’s suit against Hansen Yuncken
Construction 2025-07-25 11:53 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A number of contractors have been added by builder Hansen Yuncken to a $14.3 million dollar lawsuit by Deakin University over alleged building defects at its Burwood campus.

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Maas unit named in ICAC probe over Transport for NSW contracts
Construction 2025-07-25 11:56 pm By Andy Sidler

A unit of construction and real estate group Maas Group has been named in an ICAC investigation into alleged kickbacks for lucrative Transport for NSW contracts.

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Sydney Trains in ‘fruitful’ talks with union in pay dock dispute, court told
Employment 2025-07-24 11:49 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A court has heard Sydney Trains has had “fruitful” discussions with the Rail, Tram and Bus Industry Union in a dispute over claims the train operator docked the pay of drivers who took part in protected industrial action.

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Activists win challenge to MACH’s Mount Pleasant coal mine expansion
Environment 2025-07-24 11:52 pm By Andy Sidler

The NSW Independent Planning Commission failed to consider the local impact of climate change when approving the expansion and extension of MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coal mine, an appeals court has ruled.

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Introbuild fails in challenge to NSW construction insurance blackout
Construction 2025-07-24 11:20 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has upheld a decision by Insurance and Care NSW to bar builder Introbuild Constructions from obtaining residential building insurance which shut it out of any projects valued over $20,000.

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