An activist group has amended its challenge to Woodside’s North West Shelf gas project to allege the Environment Minister delayed publishing his reasons for approving the project in order to limit challenges, with the court hearing the dispute will likely wind up at the High Court.
The ACT’s Territory Planning Authority can appeal a decision approving a $330 million, 691-unit development at the Gold Creek Country Club.
Developer Robert Filippini, who is suspected of fraudulently receiving investor money from defunct Keystone Asset Management, is seeking to appeal an extension of freezing orders over family trusts that hold property and several luxury cars.
Amazon will take up residence in Charter Hall’s logistics estate just south of central Brisbane, building a $750 million first-of-its-kind robot-assisted fulfilment centre spanning 150,000 square metres.
Anthropic has announced it will launch operations in Australia and plans to build data centres in the country.
MidOcean Energy, backed by US private equity firm EIG, has acquired Japan power company Jera’s interest in the Gorgon and Ichthys LNG projects in Western Australia.
Pharmacor wants to amend its defence in AstraZeneca’s suit over the Australian drug maker’s plans to launch a generic version of diabetes drug Forxiga so that it can argue a patent extension for the drug should not have been granted.
HWL Ebsworth might rely on expert evidence to show it acted reasonably in its representation of the Commonwealth in a $2.45 million settlement with Brittany Higgins, a deal at the centre of a suit by ex-defence minister Linda Reynolds.
Acciona has won $2.1 million from Zurich Insurance and two other insurers in a case alleging it was entitled to indemnity after severe weather events damaged work on the Bruce Highway project in Queensland.
Construction company ADCO Group has agreed to pay $850,000 to avoid prosecution for the collapse of a structural steel framework during redevelopment works at the Kew Recreational Centre.
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