Lubricants company Nulon must pay a $120,000 penalty plus costs and write to individuals made sick by odours that resulted from poor control systems and sloppy work practices.
Whitehaven Coal has unsuccessfully tried to block the release of a report on clearing critically endangered vegetation by arguing that disclosure would affect its share price.
A tribunal has rejected arguments by Hanson Construction Materials that it should be allowed to expand a quarry despite water authority concerns that it poses an unacceptable risk.
A spill that caused no significant environmental harm has led to a $600,000 fine for a company and an $81,000 penalty for the experienced chief engineer whose actions triggered it.
In a ruling that offers new insights into what constitutes 'reasonable suspicion' of pollution, a court has ruled that a council can recover clean-up costs from two directors, not just their company.