NSW's Court of Appeal today ruled that summonses issued by an environmental agency were duplicitous, and warned regulators that they must follow standard procedures.
A council will incur clean-up, performance improvement and penalty costs totalling more than $1 million after failing to report a caustic soda spill from a sewage treatment plant.
Regulations that require new developments to have "no net impact" on water quality in Great Barrier Reef catchments have survived a disallowance motion.
The Federal Court today rejected the ACCC's arguments that Kimberly-Clark had misleadingly claimed its wet wipes were safe for sewerage systems, and criticised the Commission's tactics in the appeal hearing.
A utility is seeking EPA approval to install water recycling technology never before used in Australia in a housing estate that will consume 70% less potable water than a typical development and use half the energy.
A court has rejected an environmental regulator's application for a contempt order against a mining company and its director over the alleged failure to comply with clean-up orders.
The Productivity Commission will examine whether states and territories are adequately considering climate change in their water planning, as part of a new inquiry.