The company responsible for one of Australia's worst oil spills yesterday failed to convince the Federal Court that a seaweed farmer should not be allowed to say his crops had been affected by oil.
A court has penalised Melbourne's Yarra Valley Water $100,000 over a sewage spill caused by wet wipes, and EPA Victoria says company claims that they are flushable shouldn't be trusted.
A Magistrates Court has ordered a water utility to provide $100,000 for a waterways study by a Traditional Owners group, after it pleaded guilty to causing an environmental hazard.
Kimberly-Clark has told the Federal Court there is no evidence that its wipes clogged sewerage systems, and contends an ACCC prosecution is a misguided substitute for regulation.