The amount of hazardous waste generated in Australia has increased by more than a third in just three years, and there aren't adequate safety checks on biosolids applied to land, warns a new federal report.
Six years after committing to a global treaty to phase-out mercury, the federal government is yet to launch a parliamentary inquiry to enable ratification.
Defence is doing 'good work' to reduce the impacts of PFAS on the town of Katherine, but it is in the council's interests to remain part of a class action against it, councillors have been advised.
The Coalition will have an unprecedented opportunity to put its stamp on national environmental laws and schemes, due to a host of reviews that are either imminent or already under way.
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.
Australia's NICNAS industrial chemical assessment scheme will be replaced in mid-2020, after the House of Representatives yesterday endorsed Senate-amended bills establishing a new regime.