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The federal, South Australian and Tasmanian governments will provide mineral producer Nyrstar with a $105 million injection, amid concerns about the impact of conflict in the Middle East on the critical minerals supply chain. 

Preventing a DOCA for the Milligan-owned developer of the troubled $1.8 billion Halo Tower skyscraper in Sydney could cause $100 million in losses and jeopardise a sale to Cbus set to settle in July, a court has heard.

A new $16 million day hospital built below a Fitness Cartel in Perth's Osborne Park has succeeded in maintaining an injunction against the gym, granted after the hospital reported that constant noise and vibrations were disrupting medical procedures.

Engineering company Monadelphous Group has won a $380 million construction contract with CS Energy for a new Queensland power plant. 

Clive Palmer's resort company Palmer Leisure Coolum has entered a guilty plea to one count of breaching takeover law arising from the proposed acquisition of The President’s Club.

The Supreme Court of Victoria has agreed to transfer a case against the former CEO of ASX-listed software company Dubber and its solicitor to the Federal Court, to be heard alongside a case against auditor BDO and civil penalty proceedings by ASIC.

NSW Police has argued the lead plaintiff in a class action over strip searches at music festivals should only receive $33,000 in damages rather than $93,000 and is challenging a finding that the strip searches were done “as a matter of routine”.

Twenty-one former property owners at the site of the troubled 55-storey Halo Project skyscraper in the Sydney CBD have won access to a contract entered with Cbus Property shortly before developer FT Sydney went into administration. 

Incoming NSW Supreme Court Justice Kate Richardson has used her swearing in speech to raise the alarm about ongoing gender inequity among barristers.

Shell is seeking to recover $83 million from former joint venture partners Woodside and Paladin after the Commonwealth imposed a levy to cover the cost of decommissioning an abandoned offshore oil platform off the coast of Darwin.