A company director's deliberate decision to breach a licence condition and ignore EPA clean-up notices has resulted in a major penalty and costs order.
A Queensland court has criticised federal and state agencies and raised concerns about its own limited powers to set conditions in a decision that recommends against expansion of a coal mine.
A tribunal has rejected a quarry expansion plan because it could indirectly disrupt key rail and communications infrastructure and has criticised a GHD risk assessment.
A court has ruled that a summons issued to a food company should have provided details about the identity of the person responsible for an alleged licence breach.
A court has ordered an electricity distributor to pay $168,200 after one of its contractors illegally cleared within a national park, and the company will also spend up to $840,000 restoring an alternative access path to its powerlines.
A community group has failed to overturn a lower court ruling that Santos didn't need approval for a water treatment plant linked to its coal seam gas exploration activities.
A mushroom company that allegedly kept planning decision-makers in the dark about political donations is being prosecuted in the NSW Land and Environment Court, and so is its environmental consultant.