Newly-published annual National Pollutant Inventory data for the first time includes estimates of quantities of potentially hazardous substances exported by facilities in their waste streams, as well as amounts they emit to air, land and water.
A paper mill, a meat processing plant and three waste facilities accounted for about one in every six complaints received by EPA Victoria last financial year.
Mining company Xstrata's persistent claim that high lead levels in the Mount Isa area are naturally occurring is "unfeasible and insulting", according to the author of a new research study.
A New South Wales court has dismissed a claim by two climate activists that a coal-fired power station is wilfully or negligently emitting CO2, but has allowed them to continue with their claim that it is emitting without reasonable regard for the environment.
EPA Victoria this month begins the roll-out of a new environmental licensing regime that will increase public scrutiny, standardise many conditions and change compliance monitoring requirements.