The National Pollutant Inventory is to be reviewed and could soon undergo significant changes, including the removal of about a third of reporting facilities.
Class action specialists Maurice Blackburn today instigated Federal Court proceedings on behalf of more than 13,000 Indonesian seaweed farmers over the 2009 Montara oil spill.
Bills to ban microbeads have this month gone before two state parliaments, while an imminent product stewardship declaration will show whether federal action is likely.
A taskforce advising the Queensland Government has called for a cutting-edge mix of legislation and incentives to cut pollution from farms and new developments in Great Barrier Reef catchments.
The Fair Work Commission has found that an environmental officer was unfairly dismissed, even though her work was not satisfactory, and has ordered her employer to pay her $15,000.