Environment ministers have agreed to strengthen controls on particle pollution, speed up work on a national clean air agreement and establish a national standard for the environmental management of chemicals.
A Federal Government report, issued today, reveals plans to 'streamline' federal hazardous waste laws and to use mutual recognition arrangements to manage federal, state and territory threatened species lists.
The ACT Government has introduced a bill to the Legislative Assembly that would make it easier to prosecute polluters and allow the EPA to negotiate enforceable undertakings with them.