One of Australia’s oldest ski resorts has been fined and ordered to pay substantial legal and investigative costs after being convicted of two environmental offences when it discharged partially treated effluent into a tributary of the Snowy River.
Liquidators will need to be more cautious when dealing with companies that have environmental liabilities, following a High Court decision not to review a Victorian ruling, according to law firm Ashurst.
Using lead-contaminated material to build a workers’ camp has resulted in an enforceable undertaking that will cost two related companies $1.5 million.
After its first attempt ran into legal problems, EPA Victoria has again approved a landfill to accept PFAS-contaminated soil from the West Gate Tunnel project.