A Footprint weekly snapshot for environmental and carbon professionals: listing events, law and policy changes in all jurisdictions, grants, resources and jobs.
A Victorian court has fined a waste company, its directors, a general manager and a truck driver $100,000 for illegal dumping that might have saved them less than $5000.
Victoria's Supreme Court has found a council liable for the costs of remediating a site relinquished to the State Government in 1996 but cleared it of negligence in failing to disclose contamination incurred up to 100 years ago by its predecessor.
WA's Environment Minister says independent auditors will assess the policies and procedures of the State EPA and the Environmental Protection Act following a court ruling that voided his approval of a road extension through bushland.
The Queensland Land Court has recommended the State Government approve Adani's Carmichael coal mine, but only if it improves its water monitoring and "controls or regulates" threats to an endangered bird species.
In a case addressing the legal duties around document disclosure in pollution cases, the Land Court of Queensland had ruled that a leading law firm adequately discharged its duties to advise and assist its client in preparing documents for the Queensland Department of Environment.
A farmer who sought $72 million in damages over land clearing controls could be liable for more than $1 million after a court ordered him to pay the NSW and Commonwealth governments' costs.
The Full Federal Court has unanimously rejected claims by owners of land in Jervis Bay that an EPBC decision equated to unjust acquisition of their properties.