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Government hit with climate lawsuit over NSW logging agreement
Claire Roberts 2021-08-04 9:59 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Commonwealth has been hit with a lawsuit alleging it failed to take climate change into account when it renewed an agreement with NSW for logging in the coastal areas between Sydney and Queensland in 2018.

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High Court won’t hear landowners case over payout for WestConnex project
James Johnson 2020-02-05 10:25 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Three Sydney commercial landlords whose properties were compulsorily acquired to make way for the WestConnex project have come to the end of the road in their fight for $56.5 million in compensation, with the High Court refusing to hear their case.

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Landowners lose appeal over $56.5M payout for Westconnex project
Appeals 2019-09-26 2:31 pm By Christine Caulfield Sydney

A group of Sydney commercial landlords whose properties were compulsorily acquired for the WestConnex project have lost an appeal seeking $56.5 million in compensation, after the Valuer-General offered them just over half that amount.

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