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The Clean Energy Regulator (CER) has released its compliance and enforcement priorities for 2026–27. The priorities describe the compliance and enforcement focus for the year ahead and […]
EPA Victoria has fined a Traralgon company $10,176 for burning construction and demolition waste at the site of the former Churchill Hotel in April 2026. EPA […]
The owner and operator of an unlicensed quarry in Balala has been ordered to pay $190,000 by the Armidale Local Court for breaching the state’s environment […]
Asbestos removal contractors have been fined a total of $71,225 by EPA Victoria for failing to use the waste tracker system. Seven businesses were fined after […]
EPA Victoria has suspended the registration of a Drouin waste transfer station. The site is not currently permitted to accept waste of any kind, and anyone […]
A dairy processing facility in Hexham, Newcastle has been fined $30,000 by the NSW EPA for failing to maintain its wastewater treatment plant. EPA officers conducted […]
A landfill operator near Tarago has been issued a Clean Up Notice by the NSW EPA after ammonia and other pollutants were detected in groundwater at […]
A metals recycling business has been fined $45,000 and costs, following a major fire at its Laverton North premises in January 2024. The fire broke out […]
Leaking sewage that flowed close to the Tarago River has resulted in a EPA Victoria $6,105 fine for the operator of a caravan park. The caravan […]
A landfill operator has been issued a Clean Up Notice by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) after ammonia and other pollutants were detected in groundwater […]
A dairy processing facility in Hexham, Newcastle has been fined $30,000 by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) for failing to maintain its wastewater treatment plant. […]
A service station previously fined twice for failing its environmental duties faces a further $18,000 in EPA Victoria fines. The Collingwood service station has failed on […]
EPA Victoria has fined an East Gippsland man $1,221 after his truck released liquid manure across a Traralgon street. The spill was witnessed by motorists and […]
EPA officers attended a carwash in Northcote after community members reported seeing green liquid running down a street and toward the stormwater system that flows into […]
A Wendouree waste and recycling company has been fined $2,035 over industrial litter that escaped onto neighbouring land. Members of the public reported seeing waste gathered […]
The Supreme Court has upheld EPA Victoria’s argument that a company running a landfill in Ravenhall underpaid its Landfill Levy contributions by nearly $7 million in […]
The Gunnedah Local Court has ordered a landfill in Mullaley to pay $52,000 for a breach of its Environment Protection Licence. The NSW EPA had assisted […]
A Sydney Water Corporation has been ordered to pay $240,000 over a sewage spill at Carramar in Sydney, after pleading guilty to two offences in the […]
An investigation involving 22 officers from EPA, Victoria Police, Hume City Council and emergency services has identified large stockpiles of industrial waste illegally deposited and buried […]
A spill of blood and animal residue from a truck on the Princes Highway near Camperdown has cost a transport company a $4,070 fine from EPA […]
EPA has issued a $10,000 fine to a recycling company that has had three fires in this calendar year. CCTV footage has shown recycling material, potentially […]
A builder has been fined $2,035 by EPA Victoria after sand and cement waste was found flowing from an unattended building site in Lara after a […]
A man has been fined $2,035 by EPA Victoria after residents found him unloading asbestos waste on the side of a road at Elphinstone. The residents […]
The NSW Land and Environment Court has fined two landholders after finding that they illegally cleared native vegetation in western NSW, near Coolabah. The fines amounted […]
Two commercial fishermen have been fined $15,000 each for the deliberate sinking of a fishing vessel off the coast of Ulladulla on the New South Wales […]
Three housebuilders working at Lara and Armstrong Creek have been fined for industrial littering. Inspections of 20 building sites by EPA Victoria resulted in three fines […]
EPA Victoria has issued $6,000 in fines and shut down earthworks at a Preston building site after dust from the site impacted a nearby retro fashion […]
An EPA Victoria inspection has found a stockpile of mixed waste, containing combustible material including timber, cardboard, fabric and plastic at the site of a company […]
EPA Victoria’s decision not to grant a Development Licence for the operation of a waste and resource recovery facility in Hampton Park has been upheld at […]
As part of a joint operation with Victoria Police and the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator before Easter, EPA Victoria officers conducted truck inspections and interviewed 20 […]
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