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A NSW mining company has been fined $30,000 by NSW EPA after the Georges River was allegedly polluted with ferric chloride. It was alleged the company […]
A record fine of $72,000 plus costs has been handed down to a demolition and asbestos contractor in the South Australian Environment, Resources and Development Court […]
The Victorian EPA has fined an industrial site in Western Melbourne more than $8,000 for failing to comply with an official EPA order to take action […]
An oil refinery operator has been ordered to pay over $31,000 in fines and costs in a Victorian Magistrate’s Court, after it plead guilty to releasing […]
An oil refinery operator has been ordered to pay over $31,000 in fines and costs in a Victorian Magistrate’s Court, after it plead guilty to releasing […]
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has begun proceedings in the Supreme Court to recover the costs associated with removing an estimated one million tyres from […]
Further to AEBN ENW e-news article of 14 September, NSW EPA released a framework to seek Monetary Benefits Orders (MBOs) from the Land and Environment Court […]
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has commenced prosecution proceedings in the Land and Environment Court against a Central Coast man and separately, the Central Coast […]
The Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) and Worksafe are continuing their blitz on industrial sites in the West Footscray area, in response to the recent factory […]
The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has released its Compliance Management Framework. The framework outlines the policies and procedures used by NSW EPA to […]
Just a reminder that industry and businesses must ensure they are complying with their environmental obligations. Recently, a number of fines have been issued to offenders […]
The company and its two directors who demolished the Corkman Hotel in Carlton and dumped asbestos-containing industrial waste at a site bordering homes, has been ordered […]
The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has announced a new framework that will force environmental offenders to hand over any illegal gains from environmental […]
A New South Wales piggery operator is facing a bill likely to be over $270,000 following a successful prosecution by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) […]
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined a dairy company almost $8,000 for undertaking works to increase its production capacity without seeking EPA Works Approval […]
The Victorian EPA has fined a regional Council close to $8,000 for exceedances of leachate levels above the allowable limit at two of its closed Landfill. […]
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has charged a recycling company following two breaches of an EPA statutory notice. Also charged is the Director of the […]
The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority has issued fines totalling $52,500 after waste products from livestock processing facilities in rural NSW were transported to properties […]
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has announced funding to extend the pilot program of Officers for the Protection of the Local Environment (OPLEs). The […]
The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined a tile manufacturer $16,000 and issued two Official Cautions for breaches of environmental licence conditions. The […]
The South Australian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has released a media release welcoming the Environment Resources and Development Court decision to impose a $24,200 fine on […]
NSW EPA has fined a waste recycling company $30,000 for breaching its environment protection licence. Official cautions were also issued to the company. The company holds […]
NSW EPA has fined a waste recycling company $30,000 for breaching its environment protection licence. Official cautions were also issued to the company. The company holds […]
EPA SA has welcomed a decision in the Environment Development Court for breach of the Container Deposit Legislation (CDL), in a first conviction of its kind, […]
The Victorian Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) has suspended the licence of a landfill operator due to its failure to adequately address EPA’s concerns over multiple […]
A Supreme Court ruling on contaminated land in Gippsland has confirmed the power of the Victorian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to require the owners of property […]
The NSW Environment Protection Authority has issued fines of $15,000 each to a quarry company for alleged non-compliance with their Licence and to a concrete plant […]
The Magistrates’ Court of Victoria has convicted a development company of two offences under the Environment Protection Act 1970 and ordered it to pay fines totalling […]
The NSW Environment Protection Authority has successfully prosecuted a waste transporter in the Land and Environment Court for providing false information about waste disposal. The waste […]
NSW Environment Protection Authority has fined a company $15,000 for a slurry overflow from ash dam infrastructure at a power station site. The overflow was caused […]
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