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Published on: 03 Jul 2026
A $1 million community fund will help eligible residents in Captains Flat carry out voluntary remediation works on their properties to reduce exposure...
Ministerial
Pollution
hand-held X-ray fluorescence analyser being used to test soil samples
Published on: 03 Jul 2026
The NSW Government is committing a record $37.3 million to strengthen and expand its response to legacy lead contamination in Broken Hill.
Ministerial
Contaminated land
Broken Hill NSW
Published on: 01 Jul 2026
Large supermarkets and large catering businesses that prepare or provide food are required to separate food waste from general waste.
Ministerial
FOGO
FOGO truck
Published on: 25 Jun 2026
An Illawarra man has been ordered to pay $33,500 for running an illegal cosmetic tanning business and failing to comply with a notice to cease and des...
EPA
Radiation
Image of two tanning beds
Published on: 19 Jun 2026
A Sydney cosmetic business has been ordered to forfeit all nine of its tanning beds and pay more than $35,000 for illegally operating cosmetic tanning...
EPA
Radiation
Inside of a UV tanning bed
Published on: 16 Jun 2026
The owner of an unlicensed quarry in Balala has been ordered to pay $190,000 by the Armidale Local Court for extracting gravel at more than two and fo...
EPA
Quarry at Balala
Published on: 12 Jun 2026
For the first time, all licensed landfills and sewage treatment plants (STPs) in NSW will be required to monitor and report PFAS in wastewater under n...
EPA
PFAS
Waste
Compactor on landfill
Published on: 11 Jun 2026
Veolia has been issued four penalty notices for multiple licence breaches at its Woodlawn Landfill in Tarago.
EPA
Landfill with bulldozer and compactor
Published on: 04 Jun 2026
The NSW EPA has completed initial PFAS residential bore testing in Narromine as part of the EPA’s voluntary opt-in Bore Water Screening Program that s...
EPA
PFAS
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