Class action probe targets Queensland over youth detention centres

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Queensland is facing a class action investigation on behalf of detainees who were allegedly subjected to isolation, excessive force and other harmful conditions at five youth detention centres in the state. 

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Mirvac to partner with Mitsubishi Estate on $2B Harbourside project

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Mirvac has entered into a joint venture with Japanese developer Mitsubishi Estate to deliver a mixed-use precinct in Sydney’s Darling Harbour, estimated to have an end value of over $2 billion. 

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Conditions for Ark Energy’s Tassie wind farm tweaked after activists’ challenge

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A Tasmanian community group has lost its appeal against a decision by a local council to grant a permit for Ark Energy’s proposed St Patricks Plains Wind Farm, but a tribunal has ordered the wind farm to tweak its plans.

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Lendlease, Mirvac shortlisted to redevelop former VicRoads building

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Plans to transform the site of the former VicRoads in Kew have progressed, with four developers invited by the Victorian government to put forward development proposals, including Lendlease and Mirvac.

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Judge won’t transfer dispute over ‘defective’ mining equipment

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A judge has rejected a “finely balanced” application to transfer a court fight between Waratah Engineering and Wollongong Resources over mining equipment contracts to New South Wales.

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Mastercard can’t shield in-house counsel’s communications in ACCC case

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Mastercard has lost its claim for legal professional privilege over communications between its chief financial officer in Singapore and in-house counsel about merchant agreements the ACCC alleges were anti-competitive. 

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Liberal deputy Sam Groth launches privacy suit over Herald Sun articles

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Victorian Liberal deputy leader Sam Groth and his wife, Brittany, have launched the first privacy suit of its kind over two Herald Sun articles that speculated about whether their relationship began when Brittany was underage.

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Atanaskovic Hartnell appeals stay of costs win against media mogul

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Atanaskovic Hartnell is appealing a decision barring the law firm from enforcing a costs judgment against a company of media mogul Bruce Gordon and quashing a garnishee order directed at Nine.

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