In a move likely to result in large volumes of Melbourne's residual waste being sent for energy recovery, the ACCC has approved 16 councils to jointly procure processing services.
NSW should make it possible for materials to be declassified as wastes, and should re-examine its current asbestos rules, an independent review has recommended.
Developers can apply for priority access to in-demand biodiversity credits, according to the draft operating protocol for NSW's new $106 million biodiversity fund.
A court has found a Stockland proposal for a major residential development could harm a significant wetland, and has criticised ecological evidence given on the company's behalf.
A Victorian tribunal has rejected a Council's attempt to shift the responsibility for investigating and managing a PFAS-contaminated site to the state's Country Fire Authority.
Western Australian businesses won't have their greenhouse gas emissions controlled through the state's environmental licensing regime, according to the state's Department of Water and Environmental Regulation.