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More data exposed during WA legal admissions board cyberattack
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-10-03 11:55 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Legal Practice Board in Western Australia has revealed more data, including lawyer data, was accessed during a 21 May cyberattack than was previously thought.

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Developer Sanur loses latest round in saga over historic Subiaco theatre
Construction 2025-10-07 11:06 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

In the latest chapter of a long-running dispute, a developer has failed in its appeal bid to tear down the historic Subiaco Theatre in Western Australia, despite raising public safety concerns.

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Clive Palmer’s $300B claim over WA law shot down by international tribunal
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-09-26 11:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

Clive Palmer has lost a battle over Western Australian legislation shielding the state from the fallout of a decision barring a proposed Pilbara iron ore project, with a tribunal finding it had no jurisdiction to hear the $300 billion case.

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Palmer loses $300B case against Australia over Pilbara iron ore project
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-09-26 11:29 pm By Christine Caulfield

Mining magnate Clive Palmer has lost a long-running fight against Western Australian legislation over an iron ore project in the Pilbara, with an international tribunal finding it had no jurisdiction to hear $300 billion case.

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Brittany Higgins appeals $315,000 judgment in Reynolds defamation case
Defamation 2025-09-18 11:53 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins is appealing a finding that she defamed Linda Reynolds in social media posts that implied the former Defence minister mishandled her rape allegations against ex-colleague Bruce Lehrmann.

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Acciona wants to move Veolia’s suit over Kwinana waste-to-energy plant
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-09-19 11:45 pm By Christine Caulfield

As it battles for ACCC approval to buy the East Rockingham waste-to-energy plant in Western Australia, infrastructure giant Acciona faces litigation by waste management firm Veolia over the state’s other major plant.

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Martinus Rail wins fight over $23M payment claim
Scott Robertson 2025-09-15 3:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Martinus Rail has won its fight against grain supply chain Co-operative Bulk Handling over a $23 million payment claim for building a rail siding in WA, with a judge finding that the deadline for responding to the claim began running from a Saturday.

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Former Bullseye exec can’t boot Emerald Resources’ lawyers from suit over takeover
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-08-29 11:49 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge hearing a dispute over Emerald Resources’ takeover of Bullseye Mining has rejected a bid by Bullseye’s former executive director to enjoin Emerald from retaining lawyers that previously represented her for a period of three weeks in an unrelated dispute.

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Ex-senator Linda Reynolds wins $315K in defamation case against Brittany Higgins
Defamation 2025-08-27 1:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Former senator Linda Reynolds has won $315,000 in damages in her defamation case against ex-staffer Brittany Higgins over social media posts that allegedly implied she mishandled rape allegations against Bruce Lehrmann.

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Builder Q Group defeats bid to enjoin lawyers
Construction 2025-08-27 11:59 pm By Sam Matthews

Builder Q Group has defeated an application to enjoin it from instructing a law firm which allegedly failed to make a claim on time, with a judge finding a lawyer’s alleged omission did not mean he had a “personal interest” in the outcome of the case.

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