Victoria

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.

A class action against Meta over social media addiction will have to wait until a second prospective class action is lodged as planned, a court said Tuesday. 

A law firm that's running a shareholder class action against online travel agency Web Travel over an allegedly misleading earnings guidance is seeking a group costs order rate which a judge recently noted in a separate case "was on the higher end".

The operator of Melbourne's Essendon Airport has launched action against structural engineer WSP and Hamilton and Marino Builders for alleged defects in the construction of Essendon Fields' Hyatt Place hotel.

Property developer Peet Keysborough has won an injunction requiring $3.78 million to be held in trust in a lawsuit over contamination at a development site it purchased.

Infrastructure services company Downer EDI has been awarded a $400 million maintenance and repair contract with Homes Victoria.

A company linked to the Victorian Liberal Party will have to turn over unredacted versions of a loan provided to former party leader John Pesutto to help him pay $2.3 million owed to MP Moira Deeming in defamation proceedings. 

Amcor is liable for some of the $23 million in costs claimed by builder Glenvill for asbestos contamination remediation at a former industrial site in Alphington, Melbourne, a court has ruled.

A second law firm is investigating a potential class action against AI data centre operator NextDC over last month's ASX announcement revealing a $140 million hit to its FY27 revenue.

The Victorian Bar has welcomed 15 new senior counsel, including barristers who worked on the Black Saturday bushfire class actions, COVID-19 business interruption cases and junior doctors underpayments class actions.