Avalon Airport in Geelong has lost its appeal of a decision ordering the release 13 documents that detail its correspondence with Victoria’s EPA about PFAS contamination, after unsafe levels of the chemical were found in airport drinking water.
The state of Victoria has been hit with a $500,000 judgment after three public servants were found negligent for failing to advertise Crown leases over Gabo Island and Tullaberga Island, a failure which has shut abalone fishers out of the area since 2019.
The Full Court has rejected an appeal by the tax office over the classification of a redundancy payment, finding that an early learning centre worker who was offered reduced hours and pay as part of a restructure was made redundant.
A judge has ordered oil company Lighthouse to pay further security for costs in its $600 million case against the government of East Timor, a “hard fought contest” he said was unlikely to resolve ahead of trial.
A judge has thrown out a class action led by the father of famed mining investor Nathan Tinkler over claims ASX-listed Whitehaven Coal failed to fulfil an implied term of a $150 million share subscription.
A law firm has lost its bid to stay a silk’s case alleging he is owed a $280,400 cancellation fee for a class action in Queensland that was settled a month before trial.
The Federal Circuit and Family Court has confirmed reports that top judge Will Alstergren is in a personal relationship with another judge on the bench, but says procedures are in place to avoid conflicts of interest.
A former star of Real Housewives of Melbourne has denied altering text messages in a case alleging her sister gave her a $2 million Toorak townhouse in return for relinquishing her stake in a music production business.
Traditional land owners in the central Pilbara have filed a class action to force the removal of dumped asbestos waste, some 60 years after the Wittenoom asbestos mines closed and the town was struck from the map.
A judge has struck out sections of natural gas exporter Australia Pacific LNG’s defence in Tri-Star’s long-running case over coal seam gas fields in Queensland, which centres on a $7.6 billion share sale to ConocoPhillips.
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