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The Federal Department of Environment is seeking comments on the application to vary methodology determination Native Forest protection (Avoided deforestation). The application seeks to make a […]
The City of Sydney has released an ambitious waste treatment master plan which aims to deliver an ‘energy from waste’ solution for the city. Under the […]
The Federal Department of Environment has released the National Waste Policy Implementation Report 2012 and 2013 which sets out progress against the National Waste Policy’s 5 […]
The NSW EPA has issued four penalty infringement notices to a waste carrier for illegally transporting waste containing asbestos contaminated material earlier this year. In February […]
An Interim Waste Management Policy (interim WMP) has been released to regulate tyre stockpiles in Victoria. The policy is effective as at 1 May 2014. The […]
EPA Victoria will be inspecting premises that store waste tyres. If premises are not meeting the requirements of the WMP, EPA Victoria will issue a pollution […]
NSW EPA is continuing to tighten regulations in the waste industry – with changes proposed under the Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Regulation 2014 – […]
The NSW EPA has issued two penalty notices to a composting facility, located south of Lake Macquarie, for emitting offensive odours and for poor management of […]
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has warned approval for the dumping of dredge spoil in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park could […]
The Federal Department for Environment had recently released the exposure draft of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Amendment Regulation 2014 and seeks comment by 2 […]
Last week, EPA Victoria had issued a Post Closure Pollution Abatement Notice (PC PAN) to a former landfill site for the first time since August 2010. […]
The Victorian Government is providing an additional $500,000 in funding to 5 Victorian councils to assist them to combat illegal dumping. It is believed that the […]
NSW EPA has released 2 new guidelines that relate to service station sites and landfarming. They are – ? Best Practice Note – Landfarming outlines the […]
The first community recycling centre funded by a grant from the NSW Environment Protection Authority has opened in Lake Macquarie. NSW Environment Minister Robyn Parker opened […]
The NSW EPA and Fire & Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has handed the Chester Hill waste recycling facility back to the operators after working for weeks to […]
The Whitsunday Regional Council will conduct random checks on businesses that produce trade waste in a bid to reduce pollutants in the outflow from the council’s […]
The Queensland Auditor General, Andrew Greaves has handed down his review of the way resources and waste management activities are regulated in the state. The Environmental […]
The Federal Department of Environment has released, for public comment, the New Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) methodology proposal: Sequestering carbon in soils in grazing systems. The […]
EPA Victoria has released the new Landfills Exempt from Licensing guideline that covers the siting, design, management, rehabilitation and aftercare of landfills exempt from licensing (those […]
A council is Sydney’s west has been convicted and fined $165,000 and ordered to pay $47,000 in legal costs after pleading guilty in the NSW Land […]
The QLD Government has released the Statewide Strategic Plan for the Safe Management of Asbestos in Queensland, which focuses on effective cooperation with local councils, education […]
One of the world’s biggest coal handlers has been ordered to pay more than $38,000 in fines and costs following the escape of coal-contaminated water from […]
Biosecurity Queensland has announced new moves to control the spread of fire ants in the Gladstone area. Businesses in Yarwun, Targinnie and Curtis Island are […]
The operator of a waste management and recycling facility at Swanbank in Ipswich, QLD has been fined $70,000 and ordered to pay costs of $5,151 for […]
This week, the Clean Energy (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill that repeals the carbon tax was rejected by the Senate. This, however, is not unexpected as […]
The Climate Change Authority has the statutory authority to conduct a review of the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) by the end of 2014. Should the Authority […]
At a recent speech to Australian farmers and landholders, Federal Environment Minister, Greg Hunt said “the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) is not as well-designed as we’d […]
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has released its NSW Energy from Waste Policy Statement aimed at increasing investment in energy from waste infrastructure. The […]
The NSW EPA is continuing to monitor a Chester Hill waste and recycling facility where a fire has been smoldering in a waste stockpile. EPA […]
Origin Energy shut down its CSG drilling operations in southwest central Queensland on March 13 following an asbestos scare. Work was suspended at 12 sites […]
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