The Morrison government should drop plans to give the lighting industry a temporary exemption when it ratifies a global convention on mercury, according to Parliament's treaties committee. Read more...
Australia should introduce a wide-ranging monitoring regime for pesticide levels in soils and water, and speed agvet chemical assessment processes, says a new report for the federal government. Read more...
An industry association that failed to run its mercury recovery scheme in compliance with the federal stewardship law has successfully lobbied for special treatment for lighting importers when Australia ratifies the Minamata Convention. Read more...
The Victorian government has lost a preliminary skirmish in a dispute over liability for large quantities of illegally stored industrial waste. Read more...
* Cleanaway chief executive to step down
* Australia sets date to ratify PFAS and PFOA Stockholm Convention amendments
* Victoria approves Latrobe Valley battery recycling facility Read more...
