Two elections and three different Environment Ministers later, and a heritage application to protect Murujuga rock art from Woodside’s activities on the North West Shelf remains undecided — a delay blasted by a judge as unreasonable and perverse.
Singapore-based developer Maplewood Investments has acquired a 1,398 square metre site in Perth’s CBD to develop a premier 835-bed student housing accommodation.
Three companies associated with the sole director of Quasar Constructions have avoided freezing orders sought by the liquidators of the defunct Sydney builder after providing undertakings to not dispose of assets.
The federal government is planning a pause on new construction rules as it aims to speed development of new housing, following feedback from its three-day economic reform roundtable.
In a bid to snuff out the negligence claims in a recently revived case by passengers forced off a flight and strip searched at Doha airport, Qatar Airways has brought its own High Court challenge.
ASIC is again seeking to strike out mining magnate Clive Palmer’s lawsuit over examinations conducted by the regulator, with Palmer claiming the pleadings are “crystal clear”.
Building materials company James Hardie may face scrutiny by class action law firms after a profit-drop announcement saw its ASX share price plummet.
The financial crimes regulator has ordered the Australian unit of the world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance, to appoint an external auditor after flagging concerns about its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing compliance.
Journalist Lisa Wilkinson has told a court her qualified privilege defence was wrongly rejected in ex-Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case, arguing the trial judge focused too heavily on the Network Ten’s reporting of the difficulties Brittany Higgins faced in reporting the rape at the centre of the case.
A class action against Blue Sky Alternative Investments won’t seek to transfer the case to contingency fee-friendly Victoria despite a High Court ruling that put the kibosh on solicitors’ common fund orders.
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