EPA Victoria has conceded to the state's Supreme Court that it treated a company part-owned by Orica unfairly in its decision-making on a contaminated site.
Environmentalists have warned industry not to use native timber sourced from VicForests, as they prepare to go to the High Court over a Federal Court decision today in favour of the logging agency.
Existing laws are "more than capable" of underpinning litigation against companies and directors over biodiversity loss, according to MinterEllison partner Sarah Barker.
For the second time in two weeks, a NSW court has ruled that an EPA summons is flawed due to duplicity, and the agency is considering whether to launch an appeal.
A judge has for the second and final time rejected a regulator's attempt to prosecute an ASX-listed company for poor sediment control on an industrial estate construction site.
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.