FWC issues draft AI guidance amid ‘unprecedented’ workload increase

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The Fair Work Commission has proposed requiring litigants to disclose their use of generative artificial intelligence tools and to check that all details in documents are correct, or risk their case being dismissed.

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QIC says KPMG, Pacific Werribee co-owner on hook even without defects

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Pacific Werribee shopping centre owner QIC says its misleading conduct case against co-owner Wadren and consulting firm KPMG is viable even in the absence of a defects finding in a related case against Probuild.

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Someva wind farm approved after ‘unnecessary’ 18-month council fight

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A court has signed off on Someva Renewables’ plan to build 62 wind turbines just outside of Hanging Rock following what the company called 18 months of “unnecessary” opposition from a local council that did little to alter the project. 

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NSW fast-tracks $52B in data centre projects

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The Minns government has fast-tracked 15 data centre projects worth $51.9 billion and promised to articulate the values that will guide future decision-making amid concerns about protecting national interests amid the data centre boom. 

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Council ordered to pay $12.7M for Sydney land first valued at $6.5M

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A local NSW council has been ordered to pay the owners of a block of land it acquired in North-West Sydney $12.7 million, with the court finding that if not for the acquisition, the land could have been used for residential purposes. 

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Judge OKs Colonial’s $140M settlement but chops funder’s cut

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A judge has declined a funder’s bid for a $43 million payout in a class action accusing Colonial First State of charging excessive premiums, saying it was entitled to a 27.5 per cent commission but not $4.5 million for after-the-event insurance. 

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Court OKs $37M settlement in EML shareholder class action

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A judge has approved a $37.35 million settlement in a class action alleging fintech EML Payments failed to promptly disclose anti-money laundering and counter terrorism compliance concerns.

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