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Environment Protection Australia Chief Executive John Bradley has outlined how the new federal regulator intends to clear project approval backlogs through bilateral agreements with state governments.
What happens to thousands of decommissioned solar panels when local landfills start turning them away at the gate? Parliament is moving closer to nationwide restrictions on end-of-life photovoltaic waste.
Six new ten-year management plans are currently open for public comment, covering 2.37 million square kilometres of Commonwealth waters. The Federal Government has proposed a 671,500 square kilometre expansion of highly protected no-take zones around Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.
Mapping broad predicted species occurrences is no longer enough when evaluating EPBC Act risks for project sites. Environment Information Australia has published a national geospatial dataset focused specifically on critical habitats for restricted-range threatened and migratory species.
“The pilot was not able to demonstrate flight paths or buffer zones and admitted to spraying the chemicals by eye.”
That statement from NSW EPA Director of Field Operations Scott Kidd follows a Tamworth Local Court decision ordering an aerial application company to pay $72,750 after herbicide drift
⚠️ A cancelled operating licence does not mean you can walk away from your environmental liabilities. EPA Victoria has permanently revoked the operating licence for the Sunshine Landfill in Kealba.
📢 “Barro Group do not get to walk away from the site and leave taxpayers to foot the bill.”
This statement from EPA Victoria marks a significant shift in regulatory enforcement for Australian waste management.
🛰️ Your site compliance history is now permanently recorded in orbit. The Western Australian regulator has issued an immediate Stop Work Order to a mining tenement holder in the Phillips River region. This enforcement action followed the detection of unauthorised saline groundwater discharge.
🛑 You cannot simply walk away from legacy environmental liabilities. EPA Victoria has permanently revoked the operating licence for the Sunshine Landfill in Kealba.
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A $400,000 personal fine for a company director, alongside a $19 million state-funded clean-up bill. The NSW Government has completed the final stage of remediation at the former Truegain waste oil facility in Rutherford.