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Iberdrola wins contract for VNI West transmission project
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-11-17 11:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Spanish multinational electrical giant Iberdrola has been selected to design and operate the Victoria to New South Wales Interconnector West transmission project, part of the state’s pipeline of new energy infrastructure projects. As the winner of the competitive tender process, Iberdrola will work with government-owned VicGrid on designing and developing the project, which will link…

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Shangri-La director strictly liable in Victoria’s combustible cladding suit
Construction 2025-11-13 11:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

The director of collapsed Shangri-La Construction is personally liable for the $3.2 million in costs of rectification work on external cladding at an apartment complex in southeast Melbourne, a judge has found.

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Liberal Party entity urges court to toss case over $1.5M Pesutto loan
Politics 2025-11-11 11:00 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A company linked to the Victorian Liberal Party that provided a $1.5 million advance to former party leader John Pesutto says a case launched to block the loan should be thrown out.

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Judge rejects ratchet contingency fee in MinRes class action
Class Actions 2025-11-10 4:09 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered a flat contingency fee at a rate below the maximum sought by the firm running a class action against Mineral Resources, agreeing with a colleague that recent shareholder class action losses don’t justify a higher percentage.

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Veolia to pay $1M after admitting landfill odour breaches
Environment 2025-11-12 2:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Waste management firm Veolia has agreed to pay $1 million after admitting that it failed to use required odour source controls for its landfill site in Hampton Park, Victoria.

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Groth articles in Herald Sun ‘precisely’ the journalism exempt under privacy law, court told
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-11-06 11:16 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Herald Sun articles about Victorian Deputy Liberal Leader Sam Groth’s relationship with his wife, Brittany, are “precisely ” the kind of journalism protected by an exemption in new privacy laws, a court has heard.

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GrainCorp class action settlement off table, trial back on
Class Actions 2025-11-05 3:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

The parties in a class action against agricultural giant GrainCorp over alleged noise and odour pollution from a factory in rural Victoria have failed to seal the deal on a settlement reached last month.

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Tribunal slaps builder with $2.9M for defects in Dandenong apartment complex
Construction 2025-11-05 11:37 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A tribunal has ordered a defunct builder of a Dandenong apartment complex to pay $2.9 million in damages for a slew of defects and interest on a loan needed to replace combustible cladding.

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‘Misguided manoeuvre’: EPA intimidation claim fails in suit over development
Environment 2025-11-03 11:56 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has made contempt findings against a real estate agent who attached discovered documents to emails that railed against alleged collusion between a local council and the EPA, but stopped short of finding he intimidated witnesses in a spat over a Ballarat development.

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Herald Sun wants to shut down Groth privacy case before trial
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-10-30 11:07 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The publisher of the Herald Sun has filed a strike-out application against novel privacy claims by the wife of Victorian Liberals’ deputy leader Sam Groth, saying it was exempt as a news outlet.

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