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A Port Douglas resident has been fined $1200 in the Cairns Magistrates Court after illegally dumping green waste in contravention of Biosecurity Queensland controls imposed to […]
A Brisbane developer has been fined $10,000 and ordered to perform restoration works for clearing 752 square metres of mangroves from a site in Pinkenba. Queensland […]
NSW EPA has issued a $15,000 penalty notice to a shire council for the discharge of untreated sewage effluent, which polluted a local river. The incident […]
A NSW quarry operator has been fined $52,000 and ordered to pay $9750 in costs after pleading guilty in the NSW Land and Environment Court of […]
The owner of a Victorian knackery processing facility has been fined more than $1,700 for dumping offal and animal carcasses on his property and setting them […]
A Bendigo company has been fined almost $50,000 after polluting a local creek on two occasions while carrying out construction work on a Huntly site. The […]
EPA Victoria is currently investigating a recent spill of aviation gas waste on the Monash Freeway. EPA CEO Nial Finegan said there were a range of […]
A waste oil processing company at Rutherford, near Maitland has been fined $22,500 for polluting a neighbouring storm water drain and local creek. The company was […]
EPA Victoria have today been alerted to discoloured water entering Merri Creek in Abbotsford from a drain beneath the Eastern Freeway. EPA Victoria is currently investigating […]
The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has ordered a Tomago waste recycling operator to cease operations due to a number of pollution hazards. EPA […]
The NSW Government will introduce new laws to crack down on companies and individuals which breach planning rules. NSW Minister for Planning Pru Goward said the […]
The NSW Government will introduce laws to give the Land and Environment Court the power to impose tough new sanctions on developers who breach their development […]
The NSW Department of Planning and Environment has taken legal action against a wind farm near Crookwell over the location of nine turbines. A draft order […]
An earth moving company has been fined by EPA Victoria more than $7,000 for depositing and storing industrial waste without an EPA licence or council planning […]
A breach of mining approval conditions has cost a NSW coal miner more than $100,000, with the Land and Environment Court supporting findings by the NSW […]
A smelter operator in South Australia will pay a $21,000 civil negotiated penalty for failing to meet federal air-testing standards, a move which could have compromised […]
The NSW EPA has issued two penalty notices, two official cautions and fined the driver and a fuel transport company based in Guyra, a total of […]
The EPA SA has finalised a negotiated civil penalty of $42,656.25 with a local health network in relation to an alleged incident at the Queen Elizabeth […]
A man has been convicted in the NSW Land Environment Court and fined a total of $36,000 following a New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (EPA) […]
The Queensland Government has introduced tougher penalties for companies who receive environment infringement notices, with several offences under the Environmental Protection Act now incurring a five […]
A new bill has been introduced into the Queensland Parliament which will see polluters facing maximum penalties of more than $700,000 for major environmental breaches. The […]
Assessing and determining whether existing leachate management infrastructure is appropriately managing leachate had also not been addressed. EPA Metro Manager, Richard Marks said failing to […]
A ten fold increase in on-the-spot fines for environmental offences up to $15,000 for companies and $7500 for individuals is now in effect across NSW. The […]
The offences occurred in February and March 2013 during the construction of the Dargues Gold Mine at Majors Creek near Canberra. During construction, the company failed […]
In other cases, a trucking company has been fined $21,000 and ordered to pay $30,000 in costs after being found guilty in the Downing Centre Local […]
A New South Wales oil recycling company has been ordered to pay more than $22,000 by the Downing Centre Local Court after pleading guilty to an […]
A New South Wales coal company has been fined more than $100,000 for breaching its mining consent conditions. The NSW Planning Department launched legal action against […]
Mining company Lincoln Minerals Ltd has had its appeal upheld in the Environment, Resources and Development Court of South Australia – overturning a ministerial decision to […]
NSW Environment Minister Rob Stokes has introduced legislation which beefs up the NSW environment regulator’s powers and increases penalties for non-compliant operators. The Protection of the […]
NSW EPA has awarded $1.6 million in waste grants to charities, local councils and local land managers to tackle illegal dumping at charity sites and on […]
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