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A former project manager who enlisted two associates to buy 11 million shares in Beacon Minerals before the market knew it had struck gold has been sentenced to one year in prison following a guilty plea. 

A settlement has been struck in a negligence class action against cosmetic surgeon Daniel Lanzer and his clinic over alleged botched surgeries.

Bathla's administrators have yet to reach a deal with the embattled developer's lenders on short-term funding, but money has been found to make partial payments to employees.

Amazon has signed its first standalone battery storage tolling agreement globally, which will support the development of Anza Power's 50 MW/200 MWh battery in Victoria.

Developer Skycorp has lost its bid to appeal a decision in a dispute with the ATO over $4.6 million in deductions claimed for its building in Western Australia's Hillarys Boat Harbour.

A unit of ASX-listed mining company Equatorial Resources has lost a bid to block its former solicitors Clifford Chance from arbitrating a $5 million costs dispute.

The University of Queensland has signed an agreement with the Fair Work Ombudsman after it underpaid 16,000 staff a total of $11 million, the latest university in the spotlight for shortchanging employees. 

A judge has dismissed a class action on behalf of irrigators in NSW and Victoria, alleging negligent management of water flowing through the Murray Darling system

Singapore-based Hoi Hup Realty has marked its foray into the Australian property market with the $201.8 million purchase of Four Points by Sheraton in Chippendale, Sydney.

Charter Hall has picked up three industrial and logistics assets in South East Queensland, including an Australia Post distribution centre, for $192.4 million.