Queensland

The competition regulator is seeking views on whether IAG's bid to acquire a 90 per cent stake in RACQ's insurance underwriting business for $855 million could saddle consumers with higher prices.

A judge has rejected a new pleading that would have upped the damages to $135 million in a case by a shareholder of failed energy company Armour Group alleging law firm Baker McKenzie was knowingly involved in a plan to take control of the company for cheap.

Lawyers representing two class actions against the state of Queensland over alleged unlawful removals of Indigenous children have called on the state to produce unredacted files about the lead applicants.

Ergon Energy is challenging a notice from the energy regulator in its probe of payments received via a Centrelink direct debit scheme, after AGL was fined $25 million for overcharging welfare recipients.

A shareholder and creditor of failed energy company Armour Group will have to front $3.5 million in security in its case against law firm Baker McKenzie and others ahead of an upcoming trial.

Embattled casino giant Star Entertainment is reportedly negotiating with key Hong Kong based investors to save the Queen's Wharf entertainment district project in Brisbane.

The heir to a Queensland concrete empire has been granted access to Neilsen Group's books following a dispute with her brother over the company's operations that resulted in her appointment as a director.

An environmental group has dropped its court fight over the expansion of the New Acland coal mine in Queensland, saying the case -- which went to the High Court -- had taken a heavy financial toll.

A court has ordered ASX-listed childcare company G8 Education to advance the legal costs of its embattled former chair, Jennifer Hutson, who faces a criminal trial next month.

A barrister who failed to disclose his contempt conviction and flew to China when required to attend court has been denied a practising certificate, with a judge unimpressed at attempts to justify his conduct.