The Queensland government will establish a new position of Rehabilitation Commissioner as it moves to strengthen remediation standards and reduce the risks of mining companies defaulting on closure obligations.
The head of the NSW EPA has resigned, following confusion and concern caused by a decision to ban some organic wastes from reuse on farms and mine sites.
A tribunal has ruled that warehouses can be built on a property once used by Nufarm to manufacture DDT, even though the site contamination audit is more than 20 years' old.
A developer that didn't proceed with a $25 million property purchase has failed to convince an appeal court that the vendor breached a requirement to notify it of contamination.
A rewrite of Victoria's main environment law has immediate ramifications for businesses and people that have ever controlled or managed contaminated sites, according to White & Case partner Tim Power.