On 1 July 2015, new monitoring and licensing requirements commenced for waste tyres and asbestos waste within New South Wales. Consignors, transporters and occupiers of premises that receive waste tyres and asbestos waste should n...

All scheduled waste facilities in the regulated area are now liable to pay the levy, including storage, treatment and transfer facilities. The Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Amendment (Contributions) Regulatio...

As of 1 August 2015, all waste facilities, including waste facilities that do not pay waste levy contributions, must now annually report the amount of waste handled, in accordance with the Waste Levy Guidelines. The new reporting ...

The hope for the Trans-Pacific Partnership is that it will be the world's largest free trade agreement, covering 40% of global GDP. The agreement would cover goods, services and non-tariff barriers to trade. Negotiations in Hawaii...

A key element of the Australian Trusted Trader Programme will be satisfactory completion of a self-assessment questionnaire. This is the first major step towards obtaining full Australian Trusted Trader accreditation. The quest...

On 20 March 2015, His Honour Justice Garde handed down judgment in the matter of Dustday Investments Pty Ltd v Minister for Planning and Melbourne City Council.1 Solomon Lew is a director of Dustday Investments Pty Ltd ("Dustd...