The federal environment department was concerned that a Woodside proposal to sink an ageing piece of offshore infrastructure could potentially contaminate up to 700 million tonnes of sediment near Ningaloo Reef, newly-released documents show. Read more...
* Westpac provides ESG training to more than 3,000 staff
* Tox Free authorised to accept PFAS liquid waste at Karratha
* New approach to pastoral lands won't prevent carbon offsetting: SA Labor Read more...
Two companies and a director linked to a site where a large chemicals fire occurred have failed to convince a court to summarily dismiss attempts to recover clean-up costs from them. Read more...
Five years after a review of the National Pollutant Inventory was announced, the federal government has finally released a report on its findings. Read more...
* New PFAS waste treatment option now available
* Defence can be a leader in hydrogen: Heavy industry advisor
* New UN chemicals body can be as influential as IPCC: Australian contamination expert Read more...
The NSW government will amend state regulations with the aim of improving the quality of National Pollutant Inventory data it receives from hundreds of companies. Read more...
* Biodiversity Bill needs tougher integrity provisions, lawyer cautions
* Minamata Convention on mercury now in force nation-wide
* Origin Energy's science-based target to remain Read more...
* Investigate local PFAS disposal option, says SA parliamentary committee
* New fossil fuel supplies "essential": Santos responds to climate resolutions
* EPBC approvals granted to clear huge swathes of koala habitat: New research Read more...
A federally-funded study by the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation has found high PFAS levels in a significant proportion of food-contact fibre packaging. Read more...
Victoria today gazetted classification criteria that specify when soils containing extremely low levels of PFAS will be considered suitable for use as fill. Read more...
