The Federal Court today rejected the ACCC's arguments that Kimberly-Clark had misleadingly claimed its wet wipes were safe for sewerage systems, and criticised the Commission's tactics in the appeal hearing.
The Productivity Commission will examine whether states and territories are adequately considering climate change in their water planning, as part of a new inquiry.
In a move likely to be widely welcomed by water utilities, the ACCC will appeal a Federal Court decision that cleared Kimberly-Clark of misleadingly claiming wet wipes were flushable.
Wet wipes contribute to blockages in Australia's sewerage systems, but that doesn't mean Kimberly-Clark's claims they are flushable are misleading, the Federal Court held today.
The company responsible for one of Australia's worst oil spills yesterday failed to convince the Federal Court that a seaweed farmer should not be allowed to say his crops had been affected by oil.
Labor's Terri Butler will lead the Opposition's scrutiny of four Morrison government politicians in her new role as shadow environment and water minister.
Environmental regulators have provided detailed advice for water utilities on accepting trade waste and using biosolids, in a proposed update of the national PFAS management plan.