News
14 Jun 2023
Update on management of Macquarie River rafts
The State Recovery Committee has endorsed the partial removal of two Macquarie River debris rafts following expert consultant review, observations and community feedback.
News
21 Jun 2023
EPA requires immediate action by Newcrest to comply
Newcrest Mining Ltd’s Cadia mine has been told it must comply immediately with the Protection of the Environment (Clean Air) Regulation 2022 (the Clean Air Regulation), the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, and its Environment Protection Licence (EPL) or face further regulatory action by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA).
News
22 Jun 2023
NSW EPA to strengthen forestry regulation
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) will further strengthen its capabilities and response to native forestry regulation after accepting all four recommendations in an Audit Office report tabled in NSW Parliament today.
News
30 Jun 2023
EPA suspends licence of Lake Macquarie composting facility
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has suspended the licence of a Lake Macquarie green waste facility following repeated environmental breaches.
News
30 Jun 2023
In response to EPA, Cadia takes action
Newcrest Mining Ltd’s Cadia mine has adjusted its operations to significantly reduce production of dust in response to the NSW Environment Protection Authority’s (EPA) call for the mine to take immediate action to reduce dust emissions from the site.
News
07 Jul 2023
Cadia submits latest dust emissions results
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has received interim results from the first round of dust emissions monitoring from the Vent Rise 8 outlet at Newcrest Mine Ltd’s Cadia mine.
News
11 Jul 2023
Sydney Water to pay over $865k after huge sewage overflow
Sydney Water Corporation has been convicted and fined $365,625 and have separately agreed to pay $500,000 to environmental projects, after around 16 million litres of raw sewage resulted in the relocation of 39 residents in Naremburn in 2020.
News
18 Jul 2023
$11 million to boost recycling in NSW
The Federal and NSW Labor Governments are co-investing $11 million to transform the recycling industry in NSW.
News
18 Jul 2023
$60 million in grants to transform plastics recycling
NSW businesses are being encouraged to apply for a grant under a new $60 million national program to transform plastic waste into valuable products.
News
21 Jul 2023
Sydney man to pay over $200,000 for asbestos waste offences
A Sydney man has been convicted and fined $189,000 for the transport of almost 1400 trucks loads of construction waste, including asbestos, to a premises he managed in Arcadia, a semi-rural suburb in northern Sydney.