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A major Sydney utility has been ordered by the NSW Land and Environment Court to pay a $157,500 penalty for a sewerage leak from its Malabar […]
The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPNSA) has released a draft amendment to the National Directory for Radiation Protection (NDRP) – Disposal of Radioactive […]
Sydney Airport has released its first Sustainability Report 2014. The report states that the airport will this year refine methods for collecting and monitoring environmental data […]
The Federal Government has released the 2013-14 National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) data detailing emissions from more than 4,300 industry facilities of 93 toxic substances. The data […]
Victoria’s Environment Minister, Lisa Neville has gazetted a notice of intention to issue regulations requiring sites with big stockpiles of waste tyres to be licensed – […]
EPA Victoria has fined a Melbourne council more than $7,000 after it was caught dumping industrial waste from a garbage truck in November 2014. A video […]
A NSW city council has been fined $5,000 by the NSW EPA for using land as a waste facility without lawful authority. The site is owned […]
The NSW EPA has issued a clean up notice to a commercial explosives manufacturer after contaminated process water leaked from its site onto a neighbouring farm […]
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 […]
Recently commonwealth, state and territory Environment Ministers met to discuss and progress key environment issues of national significance. Some of the outcomes of the meeting are […]
EPA Victoria has released new Guidelines on designing, constructing and operating composting facilities. It provides guidance for industry, government and the community on the regulator’s expectations […]
EPA Victoria is seeking tenders for its annual landfill levy statement audit project. As part of the regulator’s Landfill Levy Program, EPA Victoria licensed landfill sites […]
The NSW EPA has released the Draft Environmental Guidelines – Solid Waste Landfills 2015 for public consultation – the benchmark for landfill operations in NSW. The […]
The NSW EPA has released for, public comment, the draft waste education strategy – Changing Behaviour Together: NSW Waste Less, Recycle More Education Strategy 2015–17 that […]
Zero Waste SA has released the consultation draft Waste Strategy 2015-2020 for public comment. The draft waste strategy follows two previous five year strategies and establishes […]
Improving the way we use our water resources is vitally important to ensure a sustainable future for Victoria. Recycled water is recognised as a valuable source […]
The NSW EPA has gazetted an exemption from clause 71 of the Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Regulation 2014 giving category 1 trackable waste (other […]
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 […]
EPA SA has released an Information Sheet that provides advice on waste management, disposal of animal carcasses, fire-affected asbestos, disposal of contaminated water and other issues […]
The Federal Government is calling for voluntary land nominations for a radioactive waste management facility. Landholders in all states and territories can nominate land for a […]
Transporters who carry waste from the Metropolitan Levy Area (MLA) out of NSW are now required to track loads of more than 10 tonnes. Under the […]
EPA Victoria is seeking feedback on a new draft guideline for the calculation of financial assurances for landfills, prescribed industrial waste (PIW) management, PIW composting and […]
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 […]
The NSW EPA will amend all licences held by open cut mines in the state to include a new condition prohibiting the emission of blast fumes […]
Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group (MWRRG), has opened tenders for recyclables receival and processing services on behalf of four local councils in the central and […]
NSW EPA has released a new draft waste strategy for public comment. The NSW Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy 2014-21 (WARR) sets clear directions for a […]
The South Australian government has released a discussion paper on Green Industries SA, the statutory authority set to replace Zero Waste SA. The paper outlines the […]
EPA Victoria is seeking views from industry and government on the: Draft Tallow and used cooking oil classificaton; and Draft drilling mud classification. Under the Environment […]
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 SA is proposing to make changes to environment licence requirements via amendments to the Environment Protection Act 1993 (EP Act) The majority of proposed amendments […]
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