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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 West Australian court has rejected arguments that the head of the environment department is obliged to consider whether to suspend or cancel or licence when a breach has occurred.

Western Australia's Supreme Court has rejected arguments by conservationists that the EPA should have comprehensively assessed Woodside's plans to process Scarborough field gas at its Pluto LNG plant.

The developer of a proposed housing estate has been ordered to remove PFAS-contaminated paper pulp that was applied to the site as a soil conditioner.

South32 says uncertainty over the approval of a key metallurgical coal mine expansion is behind a $997 million write-down of its coal business, and the company has laid out its reasons for seeking a court order that consent was invalidly refused.

Viva Energy has failed to convince a tribunal that a childcare centre should not be built 21 metres from the pipeline that transfers crude oil to its Altona refinery.

Environmentalists say a major Woodside LNG processing project was approved without any scrutiny and, as court action continues, they have released a new analysis of its emissions.

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A man who previously failed to comply with an environmental protection order has failed to convince a court that he was wrongly refused new exploration permits.

Sydney Water breached an environmental obligation and a duty of care by allowing treated effluent to erode downstream creek banks, the Chief Justice of NSW's environment court has held.