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Cadence Property buys up nine Port Melbourne industrial units
Real Estate 2025-08-05 11:52 pm By Andy Sidler

Melbourne property group Cadence Property has bought up a 1.7 hectare corner industrial site located in Fishermans Bend in Port Melbourne.

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Victorian premier flags law enshrining WFH rights
Employment 2025-08-04 11:51 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Victorian premier has vowed to introduce legislation to give public and private sector employees who can reasonably do their job from home the right to work from home for at least two days a week.

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Judge won’t force sale of $23M Footscray logistics site
Real Estate 2025-08-04 11:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has refused to force the sale of a Footscray property used for logistics services, estimated to be worth $23 million, saying an agreement by the co-owners to sell it by a deadline could no longer be performed. 

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Transgrid resolves Melbourne BESS contractor’s $11M case over union dispute
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-08-01 11:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

A lawsuit against Transgrid by the winning bidder for a contract to build a substation for the Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub, which sought $11 million in extra costs and damages for alleged union disruptions, has been settled.

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Veolia wins draft conditions from EPA in fight over waste transfer station
Construction 2025-07-31 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A tribunal has ordered the EPA in Victoria to indicate what conditions it would impose on Veolia’s development application for a waste transfer station, which the regulator has opposed. 

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Baker McKenzie recruits employment specialist from Corrs
Business of Law 2025-07-30 11:57 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Global law firm Baker McKenzie has poached a Corrs Chambers Westgarth special counsel to join the firm’s Melbourne-based employment law practice.

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Law firm seeks 35% GCO in WiseTech class action
Class Actions 2025-07-29 11:59 pm By Sam Matthews

The law firm running a shareholder class action against WiseTech is seeking a group costs order that would give it a 35 per cent cut of any settlement, arguing the relatively high rate was justified by the risks of running the case.

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Law professor sues Melbourne University over suspension for ‘Blak’ activists email
Employment 2025-07-28 11:02 pm By Andy Sidler

A law professor has sued Melbourne University for adverse action after he was allegedly suspended over a 2023 leaked email claiming Indigenous activism was leading to the institution’s “destruction.” 

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Lifestyle wins stay of VCAT orders finding exit fees unenforceable
Real Estate 2025-07-28 11:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

Retirement village operator Lifestyle Communities has secured a reprieve from a ruling that found its exit fee policy was unenforceable, but has said it won’t spend the funds it collects while the stay is in place.

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iProsperity liquidators pursue Crown for $55M in gambling losses
Real Estate 2025-07-28 11:05 pm By Christine Caulfield

The liquidators of iProsperity Group want Crown to repay $55 million in company funds they say were gambled away by the real estate funds manager’s directors.

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