As the South Australian EPA comes under fire for a lack of transparency in its handling of groundwater contamination in an Adelaide suburb, Greens upper house member Mark Parnell will today notify State Parliament of his intention to revamp SA pollution law to increase community access to environmental information.
The NSW Land and Environment Court has ruled that it would have halted excavations on contaminated land at Sydney's Barangaroo project, but for a last-minute, project-specific ministerial order that effectively cleared developer Lend Lease to proceed.
'Sporadic and infrequent' inspections by the Northern Territory's mining regulator contributed to a fuel spill at a Rio Tinto mine site last year, according to an NT EPA report.
An onsite groundwater treatment plant would be necessary for at least 30 years to manage the seepage of contaminants from the Barangaroo development on the site of a former gasworks adjoining Sydney Harbour, according to an expert report.