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Victoria last year used almost $200 million of landfill levy revenue to help finance a wide range of renewable energy, climate change, waste and biodiversity activities, according to a new government report.

Victoria's Auditor-General today delivered a scathing assessment of the state government's administration of arrangements that exempt housing estate developers from the EPBC Act.

The Victorian Parliament has passed a Bill allowing onshore production of conventional gas, and in NSW dates have been set for Planning Commission hearings on the Santos Narrabri coal seam gas project.

In a decision with crucial ramifications for Melbourne's capacity to dispose of waste, Victoria's Supreme Court today rejected an appeal by developers against the expansion of Cleanaway's Ravenhall landfill.

A new EPA Victoria regulatory strategy warns businesses that the agency now has new surveillance powers, and says companies face much higher penalties for offences including unlawful waste disposal.

A Victorian tribunal has granted the state government's Metropolitan Waste Resource Recovery Group full status as a party to a dispute between an environmental organisation and a company proposing a waste gasification plant.

A utility is seeking EPA approval to install water recycling technology never before used in Australia in a housing estate that will consume 70% less potable water than a typical development and use half the energy.