A NSW scheme that charges coal-fired generators and heavy industry tens of millions of dollars for their noxious emissions should be strengthened and extended, a leading environment group said today.
The Turnbull government's 2018 environmental agenda will affect importers of new chemicals, companies required to report pollutant emissions, suppliers of products that lead to problem wastes, and facilities that emit large quantities of greenhouse gas.
Charges laid against four companies over the Hazelwood coal mine fire are likely to be a crucial test of air pollution provisions in Victoria's environment law, according to Rob Jamieson of law firm Ashurst.
After more than two years of litigation, EPA Victoria and a waste company have secured a Supreme Court decision that has set aside an earlier tribunal ruling and satisfied them both.
The Western Australian government will revise contaminated sites guidance and increase air monitoring at locations including Port Hedland and Kalgoorlie, state budget papers show.