Queensland's Treasurer Curtis Pitt has introduced a bill that would establish a unique, risk-based approach to ensure mining companies rehabilitate their sites.
An environmental order requiring Linc Energy's director to provide a $5.5 million bank guarantee is valid, a court has ruled, and state parliament has banned the technology used by the company.
A company director's deliberate decision to breach a licence condition and ignore EPA clean-up notices has resulted in a major penalty and costs order.
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.
As the NSW auditor-general and a Senate committee inquire into mine rehabilitation, a new Australia Institute report highlights the lack of reliable current data and says more information should be made public.