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Amazon to invest $20B in data centre infrastructure
AI 2025-06-16 11:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Amazon will invest $20 billion in Australia’s data centre infrastructure over the next five years to support the country’s AI transformation.

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High Court to review Macdonald, Obeids convictions
Appeals 2025-06-12 11:50 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has granted special leave applications by labor politicians Ian Macdonald and Eddie Obeid, and his son Moses Obeid, seeking to toss their convictions for conspiracy to rig a mining exploration tender.

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‘I’m really going to miss this’: Construction list judge’s curtain call gets a laugh
Courts 2025-06-13 11:39 pm By Christine Caulfield

Turning back to counsel on rising from the bench after an urgent hearing in a dispute between Dexus and the operator of Melbourne airport, Justice James Stevenson told them what his impending retirement would mean.

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ATO gets shot at undoing landmark tax ruling with High Court grant
Tax 2025-06-12 11:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has agreed to hear the ATO’s bid to reverse landmark ruling that found an unpaid present entitlement to a corporate beneficiary is not a loan under tax law, a decision that affects $50 billion in trust distributions. The Tax Office won special leave from the High Court on Thursday, as it seeks…

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High Court to rule on whether India can dodge $111.3M arbitral award
High Court 2025-06-12 11:02 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has agreed to review a ruling that found India was immune from a suit seeking to enforce a $111.3 million arbitral award because it did not involve a ‘commercial’ matter.

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Judge grills Arrium class action over potential switch from group costs order to CFO
Class Actions 2025-06-11 11:51 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action against KPMG and former Arrium directors wants to wait for the High Court’s pending ruling on common fund orders before pulling the trigger on a group costs order, a request that earned a judge’s grilling for what she described as a hunt for greener grass.

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High Court sides with Valuer-General over St Kilda Rd heritage property
Real Estate 2025-06-11 11:32 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Valuer-General of Victoria has won a High Court appeal against developer WSTI Properties over a $2.9 million valuation for a heritage property in Melbourne, which centred on the meaning of an “improvement” to the land. 

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High Court urged to take up challenge to security interest over power plant
High Court 2025-06-06 11:40 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Collapsed gold mine owner Kirkalocka has brought a High Court challenge in a dispute with energy company Zenith over the ownership of a power plant in WA, saying the case raises important issues about the operation of security interests. 

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Federal Court should face audit after legal spend discrepancy, senator says
Courts 2025-06-02 11:08 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Australian National Auditor Office has been asked to review the Federal Court’s expenses and disclosures after discrepancies in the court’s accounting of internal legal expenses.

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$67M settlement reached in QSuper class action
Class Actions 2025-05-28 7:05 am By Cat Fredenburgh

A $67 million settlement has been reached in a class action alleging Queensland-based superannuation fund QSuper overcharged members for life insurance premiums.

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