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Sales process launched for troubled Whyalla Steelworks
Construction 2025-06-24 11:42 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The South Australian government has opened the sales process for the struggling Whyalla Steelworks, saying potential buyers had already shown strong interest.

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Owner of Perth’s Eastpoint Plaza hit with copyright suit
Construction 2025-06-24 11:55 pm By Andy Sidler

Design firm HUB Interiors has sued the owner of Perth’s Eastpoint Plaza, alleging that its copyrighted office designs were passed on to other builders without its permission. 

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‘Pull off band-aid’ on messages in Dovetail harassment suit: judge
Employment 2025-06-23 11:56 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The judge hearing a harassment suit by an in-house counsel at Dovetail has urged the software firm to “pull off the band-aid” and share text message evidence between the lawyer and company CEO Benjamin Humphrey.

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Barristers’ group can use funds to cover mental health care, court says
Business of Law 2025-06-23 11:51 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A NSW Supreme Court judge has found the Barristers Benevolent Association of NSW can use its funds to support mental health care for legal practitioners.

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Sportsbet can’t peek at law firm’s finances ahead of possible security fight
Class Actions 2025-06-20 11:26 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has held off on orders requiring Maurice Blackburn to turn over financial information to Sportsbet in a class action over unlawful in-play betting, saying the parties should first confer on the issue of security for costs.

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Judge hits pause on Paladin Energy class action pending carriage fight
Class Actions 2025-06-20 11:06 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has temporarily excused uranium miner Paladin Energy from providing initial discovery in a shareholder class action, as the parties wait for a competing class action to be filed. 

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West Gate tunnel engineers sue software firm
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-06-23 11:55 pm By Andy Sidler

The engineers that provided design services for Victoria’s West Gate tunnel project have sued software provider Midas, alleging it used the wrong formula to calculate stiffness in bridge designs. 

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Court OKs demolition for Third.i’s lux Sydney development
Construction 2025-06-23 11:51 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The NSW Land and Environment Court has approved a plan to demolish an apartment building in the harbour-side Sydney suburb of Rushcutters Bay to make way for luxury apartments.

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Parkhurst Tavern picked up by Queensland pub group
Hospitality 2025-06-23 11:12 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Pub owner O’Hara Hotel Group has sold the Parkurst Tavern in Rockhampton to a privately owned Queensland pub group for a reported price of $24 million.

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Hotel quarantine class action wants to put on ‘impossibly different’ case, court told
Class Actions 2025-06-19 2:27 pm By Sam Matthews

The state of Victoria has sounded alarm bells about an amendment application by a class action over the COVID-19 hotel quarantine debacle, telling a judge it amounts to a new case with an “infinite number of permutations”.

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