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Energy infrastructure firm APA Group has signed an agreement with CS Energy to jointly develop a 400 megawatt gas power station in southern Queensland.

McCullough Robertson has nabbed a construction law expert from Mills Oakley to join the firm's partnership.

A collapsed developer and its builder have failed again in their dispute against a financier over the Pentridge Village development in Melbourne, with an appeals court taking a critical view of years of delays.

An appeals court has allowed developer Sayers Property's $1.9 million insurance claim in relation to a $11 million purchase of land.

The operator of the Snowy Mountains hydro-electric scheme has secured new partnerships with a South Australian wind farm and a Victorian battery storage facility.

Renewable energy company Ampyr has signed a $300 million battery storage deal with Denmark-based energy trading company InCommodities.

Global transport investment manager Realterm has acquired two logistics sites in Revesby and Ingleburn worth $89 million, expanding its Sydney portfolio to five assets. 

An owners corporation has won orders requiring builder Ceerose and developer Zone Q rectify some defects in a Sydney apartment building, but failed to win work orders in relation to others.

Launching a cross-claim in a former managing director's unfair dismissal case, commercial real estate broker Cushman & Wakefield wants orders for repayment of a $1.5 million bonus.

Landmark federal environmental law reforms that will up penalties for environmental breaches and fast-track approvals for renewable energy projects are set to pass the Senate.