Victoria

The High Court has found the Victorian Supreme Court has jurisdiction to hear a dispute between the planning minister Sonya Kilkenny and supermarket chain IGA about a proposed amendment to a council's by-laws, despite the absence of an approval decision.

A former CFMEU organiser has told the royal commission into Victoria's Big Build that a union boss said he had a "direct line" to former Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan.

Law firm DWF Australia will face a negligence claim over an alleged failure to join other parties to a claim over a damaged pipeline, after failing to secure a summary dismissal of the matter.

A new judge described as an almost fearless “dynamo” who once took a brief eight minutes before she was due to appear has given thanks to the women who paved the way for her appointment to the court. 

Independent supermarkets should not be insulated from the effects of competition by the ACCC, Coles has told a tribunal as it challenges the watchdog's rejection of its proposed acquisition of a Kalgoorlie supermarket site.

Builder Fitzgerald Constructions has sued Cement Australia and Independent Cement alleging they breached an $80 million contract to build a storage silo in Port Melbourne. 

Victorian planning minister Sonya Kilkenny will learn Wednesday whether she has prevailed in a High Court fight with IGA over the power of the state Supreme Court to hear planning disputes.

The royal commission probing Victoria's Big Build has heard that for site operators, there was no alternative but to give in to demands by the CFMEU.

A man who was detained in hotel quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic has lost his bid for a jury trial in his case against the Victorian government alleging false imprisonment and human rights breaches.

The company behind the $1 billion Golden Beach gas storage project in Gippsland has fallen into administration, a fortnight after the Victorian government approved its licence.