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Benjamin Millar Rogue operators illegally dropping waste across Melton dumping hotspots are exploiting legal loopholes, according to a frustrated councillor. Coburn ward councillor Ashleigh Vandenberg is campaigning for more powers to tackle waste removal cowboys flouting what she sees as a lax monitoring system. Cr Vandenberg warned that rubbish dumping is a serious environmental concern that can pose health risks to the local community. “A growing amount of construction waste is being dumped on public and private properties which could potentially lead to contamination issues,” she sai...

Visitors to five separate Highpoint shopping centre stores are being forced into 14-day quarantine after the locations were identified as […]

By Benjamin Millar Western suburb councils have slammed the state environmental watchdog’s decision to give the green light for toxic West Gate Tunnel soil to be treated in Ravenhall. Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) announced on Friday it had approved an Environment Management Plan (EMP) for Cleanaway’s Spoil Management and Reuse Facility to accept and process soil contaminated with PFAS and asbestos. The approval is the second granted to the site after EPA revoked an earlier approval amid concerns it may not have been granted legally. It follows recent reapprovals for dum...

A Twitter backlash at Craig McLachlan and Channel 7 erupted ahead and during his ‘tell all’ interview on Sunday night, with people fuming,

TV by Candace Sutton 17th May 2021 5:11 AM A backlash against actor Craig McLachlan and Channel 7 erupted on Twitter hours before the scheduled "tell all" interview, which continued during its screening on Sunday night. Twitter users either avoided watching it, or turned to another channel, some even calling the actor out for excessive "lip quivering". In the explosive interview, McLachlan cries, gets angry, rants and rages against what he says has been "the absolute demolition" of his life. He claims he was made to look like ...