Now that Victoria has revealed its new draft environmental regulations, companies should check for compliance gaps and ensure their contracts appropriately assign responsibilities, according to MinterEllison partner Joshua Dellios.
The NSW government has rushed through a bill giving it new powers to compulsorily acquire a heavily contaminated site from a company that it expects will soon be liquidated.
EPA Victoria chief executive Cathy Wilkinson says a drone fitted with ground-penetrating radar aided its 'needle in a haystack' search for chemical waste buried on a large property.