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NSW forestry agency should be shut down for repeatedly breaking law, critics argue

Forestry Corporation says suggestion that it can be compared to a criminal bikie gang is ‘ridiculous’

The Guardian - AU

What a waste: Illegal dump site costs Hunter builder millions in fines, clean-up costs

Waste piles were found at a property at Sandy Hollow.

Newcastle Herald

Forestry Corporation fined $360k for cutting down trees

New conditions imposed following the Black Summer bushfires did not stop the felling of 53 trees, with a court accepting a pattern of environmental offending.

AAP

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MP Marion Scrymgour calls for hold on Beetaloo Basin approvals over fracking risks

The Federal Member for Lingiari claims a key recommendation around water use has not been implemented despite plans to allow fracking in the region, and it has left traditional owners, environmentalists and pastoralists with serious concerns.

ABC News

‘We had to search YouTube when our baby stopped breathing – his death needs to be a warning to other parents’

Rachel, 35, and Christian, 38, now want to use their son’s death to help educate other parents

The Independent UK

Northern Territory government completes SREBA study, flags final decision on fracking industry weeks away

The Northern Territory government has publicly released the findings of a critical, three-year study into fracking in the Beetaloo sub-basin, finding no new risks associated with the development of an onshore gas industry.

ABC News

Fracking closer after release of Beetaloo report

A new report on the Beetaloo Basin has been released by the NT government to satisfy an inquiry's recommendations, potentially paving the way for gas fracking.

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Runner left looking like 'sloth from Ice Age' after slipping on black ice

Rachel Pepper, from Chicago, in Illinois, was left with an enormous bump on the side of her head after slipping on dangerous black ice while out for a run

Daily Mirror

$Proponents of fracking in the Beetaloo Basin welcome the Greens' safeguard mechanism amendments, say they create 'certainty'$

Proponents of fracking in the Beetaloo Basin welcome the Greens' safeguard mechanism amendments, say they create 'certainty'

Fracking proponents say safeguard mechanism amendments have created certainty for the Beetaloo Basin.

ABC News

Devastated couple fight for change after 'thriving' baby dies 'without warning'

Rachel and Christian Pepper have been left heartbroken following the tragic death of their child and are campaigning for CPR to be mandatory in hospitals for new parents

Wales Online

Moree cotton grower handed $350k fine for breaching water allocation from Gwydir River

A NSW irrigator pleads guilty to building a dam without approval and knowingly pumping almost double their water allocation from the Gwydir River for years.

ABC News

Cotton grower fined for taking water during drought

A NSW irrigator has been fined $350,000 after knowingly taking water when meters weren't working and building an illegal dam, but critics say it's not enough.

AAP

Truegain boss Robert Pullinger fails to derail criminal charges over PFAS pollution

Criminal charges over former Truegain boss Robert Pullinger are expected to go to a full trial later this year.

Newcastle Herald

Nation's highest snow resort to pay more than $200k for water pollution

About 11.6 million litres of sewage including partially treated amounts leaked into waterways.

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Newcastle Herald

Worimi lose Tomaree Lodge claim, NSW government opens 60 days of consultation on future 'community use'

Tomaree Lodge future for consultation after Worimi claim fails

ABC News

A Senate inquiry into the gas-rich Beetaloo Basin is sitting in Darwin today. Here's what it means

Politicians, environmentalists, traditional owners and gas company representatives will be in Darwin for a public hearing into the Beetaloo Basin. Here's what it's all about.

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