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Apache loses strike-out bid in $83M tax credit spat with Santos
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-11-06 11:41 pm By Sam Matthews

Several Apache Corporation units have failed to block Santos from withdrawing admissions in a long-running fight over $83 million in tax credits related to Apache’s $2.1 billion sale of certain assets, with a judge finding Apache’s prejudice arguments were “significantly overstated”.

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Tribunal slaps builder with $2.9M for defects in Dandenong apartment complex
Construction 2025-11-05 11:37 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A tribunal has ordered a defunct builder of a Dandenong apartment complex to pay $2.9 million in damages for a slew of defects and interest on a loan needed to replace combustible cladding.

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Qld developer of beachfront high-rise knocks back $10M ruling for builder
Construction 2025-11-05 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An adjudicator’s decision awarding $10 million to a builder on Queensland developer Heran Group’s high-rise luxury apartment building in Main Beach lacked procedural fairness after he went outside the parties’ submissions, a judge has found. 

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Corrs Chambers trades up with new digs at 120 Collins Street
Corrs Chambers Westgarth 2025-11-05 11:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Leading national firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth is soaring to new heights with brand new Melbourne digs in the country’s tallest office building.

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Builder loses appeal in spat with RW Capital over $26M Brookvale project
Appeals 2025-11-05 11:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A builder has lost an appeal arguing that a RW Capital unit was bound by an alleged contract to develop land in northern Sydney, said to be worth $25.75 million, after the trial judge found the claim was “doomed to fail”.

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Plaintiffs in WestConnex suit win dismissal of third suit by funder
Real Estate 2025-11-05 11:22 pm By Sam Matthews

The lead plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Transport for New South Wales over the compulsory acquisition of land for the WestConnex road project have won their bid to toss a third suit brought by the funder which backed the case.

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Arada’s Australian boss can’t shut down vote on his termination
Construction 2025-11-04 11:40 pm By Christine Caulfield

The managing director of the Australian arm of property developer Arada has lost his bid to bar a vote on his termination as he and the group’s CEO sling allegations of misconduct and dishonesty. 

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BGC wins stay of orders to remove Iplex pipes, can’t delay reviews
Construction 2025-11-04 11:07 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Two units of builder BGC have won a stay of building remedy orders to re-pipe homes fitted with faulty Iplex piping while they appeal the orders, but have lost a bid to adjourn the appeals.

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Frasers wins costs for suit that lawyers, judge said was a ‘bad idea’
Construction 2025-11-04 11:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

Owners of apartments in Sydney’s One Central Park have been ordered to pay Frasers’ costs in defending a suit that sought declarations in relation to defective planter boxes on the building’s façade.

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Former JLL industrial execs take publisher to court after sacking
Real Estate 2025-11-04 11:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

Two sacked executives of JLL’s industrial division have filed court action against the publisher of The Australian over articles they say had a “devastating” impact on their reputations and cost them up to $15 million.

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