Michael Nicholls 
🦅 Clearing less than 3.5 hectares of native vegetation on a 15,000-hectare mega-project is not just good ecology. It is a masterclass in federal approval strategy. Synergy has referred its 1GW Tathra renewable energy and BESS project for EPBC Act assessment.
🚨 Millions of litres of contaminated firewater runoff have just transformed an industrial emergency into a complex marine pollution event. Following a major blaze at the Viva Energy Geelong refinery, EPA Victoria has issued an urgent water quality warning for Corio Bay.
🔋 Managing the severe fire risks of end-of-life lithium-ion batteries is about to shift from a fragmented headache to a strict national baseline. On 15 April 2026, Standards Australia announced the development of a new Used Lithium-ion Battery Packaging and Transport Guide.
Think your residential sediment controls are just a compliance checkbox for planning approval? The ACT Environment Protection Authority has just secured a criminal conviction against a construction company for failing to maintain basic erosion controls. Unannounced spot checks re
🏗️ Think your residential sediment controls are just a compliance checkbox for planning approval? The ACT Environment Protection Authority has just secured a criminal conviction against a construction company for failing to maintain basic erosion controls.
⚖️ Paying a regulatory fine does not buy your way out of a site cleanup. EPA Victoria has prosecuted a Lara landowner for ignoring an Environmental Action Notice regarding large stockpiles of burnt industrial waste.
You can build a 1.2 GW wind and 3.2 GWh storage project without clearing a single hectare of native forest. Congratulations to Neoen Australia for officially referring their Bondo wind and storage project for federal EPBC Act assessment. Located across southern New South Wales, t
💧 When contamination breaches your site boundary, the regulatory focus immediately shifts from containment to community exposure.
⚡ Eight out of nine new renewable energy deals signed by Amazon in Australia now include battery storage. This 430MW expansion brings their local portfolio to nearly a gigawatt. But the real story is the shift in corporate ESG strategy.
🛑 $80,000 in fines and 28 official warnings already issued this financial year for waste tracking failures. EPA Victoria is escalating its enforcement against the illegal transport of high-risk waste.