In an important case considering the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal’s powers to issue stay orders under the state’s revised Environment Protection Act, big global meat products company Van Hessen has been denied a stay of a prohibition notice that will potentially cost it up to $200,000 per week and result in the loss of 30 full time jobs.
NSW Liberal and Labor politicians have agreed in a new committee report that pollution limits on the state's coal power plants are outdated, and they want a Greens Clean Air Bill debated.
A court has fined Nyrstar $35,000 over an acid spill at its Port Pirie smelter, while SA Health says lead levels in children living near the smelter are increasing.
Pilbara Ports Authority has failed in a bid to reinstate a condition that allowed it to exceed throughput limits specified in its environmental licence.
Instead of tightening NO2 air quality standards in two stages, environment ministers have decided to move immediately to goals that were originally proposed for 2025.
Volkswagen has failed to convince the Full Federal Court that a $125 million penalty imposed on it for cheating on air pollution tests was manifestly excessive.
Changes to the NSW clean air regulation could deliver benefits worth $600 million, and a long-stalled licensing review will finally be completed, according to the state government's draft clean air strategy.
There is one main reason why 45 days of air pollution didn't lead to higher penalties for four companies that own the Hazelwood coal mine, according to Ashurst partner Rob Jamieson.