A Queensland court has criticised federal and state agencies and raised concerns about its own limited powers to set conditions in a decision that recommends against expansion of a coal mine.
A court ruling involving a company at the centre of a contamination scandal has challenged widely-held views that liquidators can avoid environmental obligations, according to law firm Herbert Smith Freehills.
From today, information on more than 6,500 environmental licences issued by Queensland's Department of Environment and Heritage Protection is available online.