Contractor McConnell Dowell has admitted in court that it was prepared to start work for an LNG pipeline without having fully complied with environmental conditions.
Queensland's environment department is failing to properly report on its effectiveness in minimising environmental harm, according to the State's Auditor-General.
The World Heritage Committee overnight endorsed unamended a draft decision that leaves open the prospect of an 'in danger' listing for the Great Barrier Reef.
Development in Cape York river basins will be governed by a regional plan, after a Federal Court ruling that ministerial failings rendered invalid three Wild River declarations.
A company proposing a commercial-scale oil shale plant near Gladstone has lodged EPBC documents indicating that it expects to begin production in 2018 and is still working on ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
One of the companies developing an LNG plant on Queensland's Curtis Island has complained to a 'green tape' inquiry that it took a fortnight to deal with paperwork over a dead snake near a pipeline.
The Queensland Government is introducing new biodiversity offset requirements and wants federal EPBC accreditation, but the bill doesn't apply to major projects.