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💰 A record $60,000 fine for an individual, plus a clean-up bill expected to exceed $1 million. The Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court has penalised a Victorian landowner under the Environment Protection Act 2017 (Vic) for illegal waste dumping at a Diamond Creek property.
⚠️ A record personal fine and a million-dollar clean-up liability that follows the owner even if the land is sold. The Heidelberg Magistrates Court has sentenced an individual landowner to a $60,000 fine and ordered him to pay $12,000 in legal costs.
⚖️ “This was a brazen and highly organised criminal waste dumping operation conducted on an industrial scale.”
EPA Victoria CEO Joss Crawford did not mince words following the sentencing of a Melbourne landowner at the Heidelberg Magistrates Court.
💧 “The Great Artesian Basin is one of the largest underground freshwater resources in the world and a critical pillar to Australia’s water security.”
This statement from Federal Minister Murray Watt highlights the scale of managing our regional groundwater assets.
♻️ Great to see the Queensland Government launching the new $487 million Waste Reduction and Recycling Activation Fund to accelerate circular economy infrastructure. This five-year funding package supports the newly implemented Less Landfill, More Recycling 2035: Queensland Waste Strategy.
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Four billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, ten times Australia’s total annual output, are at the centre of a historic Federal Court challenge that wrapped up in Melbourne last week.
💧 4,923 megalitres of groundwater saved in just twelve months. The Great Artesian Basin Rehabilitation Program has reached a major milestone, completing works on thirty uncontrolled artesian bores and replacing 150 kilometres of open, inefficient bore drains with piped distribution networks.
📊 Decarbonisation credentials alone are no longer enough to secure a green status for alternative fuel projects. The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures has released new sector guidance for alternative fuels.
⚖️ Could a single Federal Court decision rewrite the rules for every high-emissions project approval in Australia? The landmark legal challenge against the Commonwealth approval of the North West Shelf Project extension has concluded its hearings.
📊 Sixty per cent of all native vegetation clearing in New South Wales could not be attributed to any recorded regulatory authorisation or exemption category.