Michael Nicholls 
🌳 According to the BCT’s 2018–2025 impact report, private land now accounts for nearly 40% of all new protected areas in New South Wales.
Generative AI has compressed years of material science research into a six-month sprint for PFAS remediation. Kemira and CuspAI have successfully utilised generative AI to identify novel metal-organic frameworks designed to capture PFAS from drinking and process water.
🌍 Your carbon offset calculations might be missing everything below 30 centimetres. A new international review led by The University of Western Australia has revealed that deep soil holds a massive, overlooked carbon reservoir.
🔬 4,240 marine samples have just challenged a national regulatory suspension in Tasmania. The Tasmanian EPA has released a major environmental risk assessment on the antibiotic florfenicol at southern salmon farms.
800,000 cubic metres of capital dredging, cleared without a formal Part IV environmental assessment. The Western Australian EPA has determined that a major $50 million Pilbara Ports proposal to create an emergency navigation bypass channel at Port Hedland will not require formal
A $6.9 million retrospective bill proves that purchasing clean quarry rock for site operations can still trigger substantial waste levies. The Victorian Supreme Court has handed down a major decision upholding the position of EPA Victoria against Cleanaway. The court ruled that N
The way environmental assessments are submitted to regulators is under significant pressure to change. The 2026 to 2027 Federal Budget has just allocated over $500 million to implement the EPBC Act reforms and establish the independent National Environmental Protection Agency. A
The UK design-and-construct model that scaled to 3,000 staff is coming to Australia. Global engineering consultancy Mott MacDonald is acquiring Australian civil contractor Leed Engineering & Construction. This merges top-tier engineering design with a 350-strong national construc
“The days of the passive director are well and truly over.” Aaron Wood from MinterEllison was clear in his assessment of the recent International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on climate change. While the ICJ opinion does not directly rewrite Australian directors’ duties, it
A single emergency response from over 30 years ago could be the reason your site fails its environmental assessment today. For decades, the environmental consulting industry has focused PFAS investigations on high-risk, repeated-use sites like airports, defence bases, and fire tr