EPA Victoria has conceded to the state's Supreme Court that it treated a company part-owned by Orica unfairly in its decision-making on a contaminated site. Read more...
Using lead-contaminated material to build a workers’ camp has resulted in an enforceable undertaking that will cost two related companies $1.5 million. Read more...
Offshore oil and gas companies won't be able to avoid liability for decommissioning and remediating assets, under a draft Bill released today by the Morrison government. Read more...
Waste company Bingo Industries has again failed to convince a court that people disposing of waste at its facilities are partly to blame if it is found to owe damages to a construction company over allegedly contaminated aggregate. Read more...
Three years after Brisbane District Court fined Linc Energy $4.5 million, the same court is to hear five charges against its former chief executive. Read more...
* WA to ban e-waste from landfills, introduce new resilience fund
* Sydney Water fined $175,500 for pollution
* Fake asbestos disposal dockets lead to community service order
* NSW canvasses views on contaminated sites policy Read more...
After its first attempt ran into legal problems, EPA Victoria has again approved a landfill to accept PFAS-contaminated soil from the West Gate Tunnel project. Read more...
* EPA releases key contaminated sites guidance
* Waste to energy company loses tribunal battle over court costs
* EPA secures first arrest warrant over polluter flight risk concerns
* Tribunal draws on Cher and Rolling Stones in solar farm dispute Read more...
A couple were entitled to back-out of a contract to buy land next to a RAAF base, because the vendors didn't disclose it was in a PFAS investigation zone, South Australia's highest court has ruled. Read more...
