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Lifestyle Communities mulls appeal after exit fees found void
Real Estate 2025-07-08 11:22 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Retirement village operator Lifestyle Communities has foreshadowed an appeal after a tribunal ruled that exit fees charged to departing residents were void.

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Shinetec wins freezing order after Bank of China pays The Gosford
Construction 2025-07-08 11:53 pm By Sam Matthews

Shinetec, the Australian arm of China’s Shanxi Construction Investment Group, has won orders restraining the developer of an abandoned $185 million project in NSW from accessing $48 million paid to it by Bank of China.

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Court OKs mid-trial climate report in fight over Whitehaven mine
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-07-08 11:58 pm By Andy Sidler

Two conservation groups opposing Whitehaven Coal’s Winchester South coal mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin have won court approval to adduce late expert evidence on possible climate scenarios.

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SK Developments wins freezing orders against builder
Construction 2025-07-08 11:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Melbourne developer SK Developments has won freezing orders against a builder, with a judge finding there was a danger that a $1.98 million judgment could be avoided. 

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Court finds bar on anti-competitive contracts doesn’t apply to land
Construction 2025-07-07 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge hearing a dispute over a lot in Victoria’s Merrifield Business Park has found that the Competition and Consumer Act’s bar on contracts that substantially lessen competition does not apply to a market in land.

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Court hears of accounts ‘oddities’ as trial against Dyldam directors begins
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-07-07 11:23 pm By Andy Sidler

A liquidator has opened his case over the alleged misuse of funds by now defunct Dyldam Developments, as the court hears of “oddities” in financial records and the spaghetti-like structure of 157 interrelated entities.

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Roberts Co appeals decision on $3.2M after-hours payment claim
Construction 2025-07-04 11:55 pm By Andy Sidler

Roberts Co has appealed a decision which required it to pay the entirety of subcontractor Sharvain Facades $3.2 million payment claim, despite it being filed after hours on a Friday.

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Whyalla Port administrators win bid to delay creditors meeting
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-07-04 11:55 pm By Sam Matthews

The administrators of the company claiming to own the Whyalla Port have more time until a second creditors meeting to investigate a proposed DOCA as well as a $1.3 billion proof of debt served by Whyalla steelworks operator OneSteel.

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Provisional liquidators appointed to Melbourne developer Lion Property
Construction 2025-07-04 11:59 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A court has appointed provisional liquidators to Melbourne developer Lion Property Group after hearing that $120 million of investor money was not properly accounted for.

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Builder says owners having ‘tantrum’ in spat over Maroubra complex
Construction 2025-07-04 11:39 pm By Christine Caulfield

A defects case over an apartment complex in the Sydney beachside suburb of Maroubra has turned ugly, with a lawyer for the builder accusing the owners corporation of having a “tantrum”.

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