Court rejects digital billboard proposal for Grace Bros building

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A challenge to the City of Sydney’s refusal to approve a digital billboard on the heritage-listed Grace Bros building has fallen flat, with a judge saying the sign would “dominate the skyline” and affect key views from Broadway.

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Airports invested $1.6B in infrastructure, with $20B in the pipeline

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The consumer watchdog has raised concerns about rising prices and unregulated airport charges amid significant infrastructure investment and record revenue at the nation’s busiest airports. 

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Terramin can’t challenge rejection of mining lease for Bird in Hand gold project

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Terramin Exploration can’t seek judicial review of a decision that rejected its bid for a mining lease for its Bird in Hand gold project in the Adelaide Hills near Woodside in South Australia, but succeeded in having a reservation decision set aside. 

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Articles about head of Greek Orthodox Church ‘gratuitously derogatory’: court

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The publisher of a Greek language news publication must pay $300,000 in damages to the Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Church in Australia over a series of defamatory articles.

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Full-time WFH request by UNSW worker shot down by FWC

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A University of NSW employee has lost her bid to work exclusively from home to care for her young child, with the Fair Work Commission saying her request for a flexible work arrangement, while “reasonable”, was invalid under the Fair Work Act.

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Judge limits initial trial in NT public housing class action

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A judge hearing a class action alleging the Northern Territory public housing authority failed to maintain habitable public housing in remote Aboriginal communities has declined to vacate an October hearing and has limited the scope of the initial trial.

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No justification for $165M in fees, court told in NULIS class action appeal

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NAB super fund trustee NULIS Nominees had no power to continue charging members for $165 million in fees to pay adviser commission after conflicted remuneration was banned in 2016, an appeals court has heard.

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High Court asked to undo stay in dispute over Bass Strait royalties

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The High Court has been asked to undo a stay granted to gas giants Esso and Woodside in a lawsuit related to a project for extracting hydrocarbons in the Bass Strait.

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