Natasha Hammond

A Centennial Coal unit that operates an underground coal mine bordering the Blue Mountains National Park has been hit with $630,000 in penalties after pleading guilty to five environmental offences for failing to properly manage runoff from the mine.

Developer Bathla has won approval for a 20-storey commercial tower in Blacktown, NSW following a conciliation conference with the council.

An appeal by publican Feros Group against the Shoalhaven City Council's rejection of its plan to expand a Victorian-era pub has been dismissed by the NSW Land and Environment Court.

A government entity that subsidises fossil fuel projects is facing a novel lawsuit alleging it failed to disclose the full environmental and climate impacts of its activities. 

The ABC is challenging a court ruling last month that rejected its bid to access documents behind the Australian Federal Police's warrant to search its headquarters and partially blocked an application to amend claims in its case over the legality of the raid.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has lost a bid for the documents behind an Australian Federal Police warrant to search its headquarters, with a Federal Court judge criticising the media organisation for embarking on a "fishing expedition".

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, which is fighting the legality of a police raid on its Sydney headquarters, has urged the Federal Court to order the Australian Federal Police to hand over a document it produced as rationale for obtaining a search warrant.