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• SA EPA civil penalties to rise
  
• EPA Victoria appoints new auditors
  
• Nuplex ordered to investigate toxic chemical emissions
  
• NT EDO beats closure deadline

The Northern Territory Supreme Court has ruled the Minister for Land Resource Management did not properly review a complaint about the allocation of rights to take groundwater.

• Warkworth coal mine expansion back with decision-maker
  
• EPA issues updated advice on remedial notices
  
• NT consults on water strategy

A Federal Government report, issued today, reveals plans to 'streamline' federal hazardous waste laws and to use mutual recognition arrangements to manage federal, state and territory threatened species lists.

• Intense rain triggers BHPB Groote Eylandt incident reports
  
• NT EPA issues compliance plan, consults on guideline
  
• Engineers Australia issues sustainability guide

A Northern Territory inquiry has concluded shale gas can be safely extracted and there is no need for a moratorium, while Tasmania has extended until 2020 its temporary ban on fracking.

• Victorian contaminated sites reforms save business $4m annually
  
• WA regulator keeps tight rein on transparency in decision-making
  
• NT EPA proposes waste strategy

An independent monitor has warned that unexpectedly high levels of acid-forming overburden at Glencore's McArthur River zinc and lead mine are a serious environmental risk.

• WA makes progress on licence reforms
  
• Queensland updates enforcement guidelines
  
• New waste strategy for NT, Queensland auditor's waste report due

In a year of huge regulatory change for environmental managers, the Federal Government has started the process of handing core environmental responsibilities to states and abolishing carbon charges for large emitters, while all governments began targeting 'green tape'.