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Gina Rinehart denies contract with landowner in dispute over fence
Real Estate 2026-02-05 11:31 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has argued she should be dismissed from a dispute with a neighbour at her Sundown Valley cattle station over a fence, with the neighbor telling a judge no lawyer will represent her in the dispute with the billionaire.

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Commonwealth can’t strike out chunks of council’s PFAS suit
Environment 2026-02-05 11:24 pm By Sam Matthews

The government can’t strike out key claims from a Queensland local council’s suit over PFAS contamination allegedly caused by its activities at an aviation centre, with a judge rejecting arguments about the impermissibility of an aggregated pleading of knowledge.

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Acciona can’t access Kanadevia Inova docs in waste-to-energy spat
Construction 2026-02-05 11:43 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge wants more information before allowing Acciona employees to access documents from the company’s Swiss rival and co-defendant in a dispute over the receivership of the East Rockingham waste-to-energy project. 

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Aspen, Establishment developers hit Geocon with $13M cross-claim
Construction 2026-02-04 11:55 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The developers of the Aspen and Establishment luxury residential projects in Canberra have lobbed a cross-claim alleging builder Geocon owes them up to $12.9 million in delay damages.

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Canberra builder loses spat with contractor on Garema Place Hotel
Construction 2026-02-04 11:34 pm By Andy Sidler

A Canberra builder has failed to set aside a $918,000 decision in favour of the contractor that performed earthworks on the 10-storey Garema Place Hotel, with a judge finding the builder’s payment schedule was not validly served. 

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High Court tosses Obeid, Macdonald appeals over rigged coal tender
Energy & Natural Resources 2026-02-04 11:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Labor politicians Ian Macdonald and Eddie Obeid, and his son Moses Obeid have lost their High Court challenges to their convictions for a conspiracy to rig a mining exploration tender.

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Probuild fights Pacific Werribee owners’ privilege claim over Allens chats
Premala Thiagarajan 2026-02-03 11:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Probuild is fighting legal professional privilege claims by the co-owners of the Pacific Werribee shopping centre in Victoria, who have brought a $356 million defects case against the collapsed builder. 

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Martinus Rail loses fee boost bid for law firm, barristers in $23M case
Transportation & Infrastructure 2026-02-03 11:10 pm By Andy Sidler

Martinus Rail’s lawyers can’t get an boost in their fees despite winning a fight against grain supply chain Co-Operative Bulk Handling over a $23 million payment claim for the construction of a rail siding.

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Critical minerals producer Australian Ilmenite Resources wins NT lease
Energy & Natural Resources 2026-02-03 11:42 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The National Native Title Tribunal has partially granted a mineral lease to Australian Ilmenite Resources, finding the critical minerals producer’s plans to expand ilmenite mining within one area in the Northern Territory was in the public interest.

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Mackycorp loses appeal over $30M Lismore development
Construction 2026-02-02 11:55 pm By Christine Caulfield

A First Nations elder has defeated a developer’s appeal against a local council’s decision to reject plans for a $30 million housing estate in Lismore, with a court agreeing the development would adversely impact Aboriginal cultural heritage.

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