A mine under care and maintenance didn't drain sulphuric acid from an on-site tank farm and didn't have a leak detection system, says the WA Department of Mines and Petroleum.
Fear of asbestos contamination is holding back efforts to recycle more of Western Australia's construction and demolition waste, according to a new report.
In a year of huge regulatory change for environmental managers, the Federal Government has started the process of handing core environmental responsibilities to states and abolishing carbon charges for large emitters, while all governments began targeting 'green tape'.
The WA Department of Environmental Regulation intends to make it mandatory for environmental consultants to report known or suspected site contamination.
A high-level meeting between senior state environmental bureaucrats and representatives of Australia's largest companies has discussed a range of issues that could be regulated more consistently across the nation.