Queensland's environment department has released new details of events that led to fines totalling $60,000 for Caltex and clean-up costs of more than $750,000.
Regulators should review major emitters' licences to make sure they align with national air quality standards and ensure that companies disclose their monitoring data, say clean air campaigners.
The NSW EPA has added conditions to the licences of the state's four main coal terminals obliging them to monitor the extent of spills from loaded rail wagons during transit from mines.
Opposition to a livestock saleyard development has been stirred up by misinformation, and there are 'no credible reasons' why it shouldn't proceed, a Planning Panel has concluded.