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A head contractor has successfully challenged a Queensland Supreme Court decision, which tossed its case against a SOPA adjudication decision for a subcontractor on a building project in Southport.

A QCAT ruling not to review a rectification decision because more than six and a half years had passed since completion of construction has been set aside, with the tribunal finding on review that the time limit rule was misapplied.

Protesters challenging Melbourne CBD's ‘designated area’ status claim enhanced Victoria Police search powers were a "significant" breach of their rights, a court heard on the first day of trial Thursday.

Mining contractor BUMA, which was hired to provide services at the Commodore coal mine in Queensland, has come out on top in a $30 million dispute with the mine's owner, Genuity.

Singapore-based asset manager Keppel has announced plans for a $10 billion AI data centre hub near Morwell, Victoria, after striking a deal with Lightwood Group to lease a 123-hectare site.

The Victorian Department of Education has revealed that hackers have accessed the names, email addresses, year levels and encrypted passwords for all current and past Victorian government school students.

A constitutional challenge to the declaration of the Melbourne CBD as a ‘designated area’ has been attacked by the state government as “hypothetical”, but the case is set to move ahead despite an early end to the designation.

Insurer Liberty is not on the hook for costs incurred by Seymour Whyte Construction for dealing with asbestos-contaminated soil, but is liable to cover legal fees for advice sought by the company.

The federal environment minister has rejected an emergency application to declare Victoria Park, the planned site for the Brisbane Olympics stadium, a significant Aboriginal heritage area.

The applicants in a case against Buildstruct over alleged defects at an 11-block apartment complex in Melbourne can update their suit to include new allegations against the builder, its director Mark Cavey and the surveyors.