Western Australia

Western Power has parted ways with three employees who provided character references for a former manager who was convicted of raping a colleague, following an independent investigation by MinterEllison.

A Western Australian tribunal has refused to grant developer Satterley Property Group approval for a 1,000-lot town development in Perth’s Darling Ranges, finding that the site presented bushfire risks that could not be mitigated by planning modifications. 

Coles says it should be allowed to file further expert evidence in its stoush with the ACCC over plans to build a supermarket in Kalgoorlie, WA, claiming the regulator failed to give it notice about its "novel" theory of harm.

Fortescue Metals has brought a cross-appeal in a dispute with the Yinjibarndi people of Western Australia's Pilbara region over the company's Solomon Hub iron ore project.

The contractor behind Alinta Energy’s gas-fired Pilbara power station has been awarded $7.1 million, with a judge finding Alinta failed to ensure clear and safe access to the site. 

Western Australia-based wagering company Playwest has sued Apple after its app was removed from the App Store without notice over alleged fraud concerns.

The ACCC has hit back at Coles’ challenge to the regulator’s rejection of its Kalgoorlie, WA land acquisition, slamming as too narrow the competition test advanced by the supermarket giant.

A discrimination class action has got the go-ahead to revise its case over a Western Australia law allowing detention of residents who defaulted on fines, which is said to have disproportionately affected Indigenous people.

The ACCC has hit back at Coles’ challenge to the regulator’s rejection of its Kalgoorlie, WA land acquisition, slamming as too narrow the competition test advanced by the supermarket giant.

A group of owners at The Towers in Elizabeth Quay has sued Hong Kong-based developer Far East Consortium over alleged defects in the building.