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- Environment
- 19/12/2024
- 17:22
HUNTER VALLEY OPERATIONS FINED $30,000 FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH SALINE WATER LIMITS
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued Hunter Valley Operations (HVO) with a $30,000 penalty notice for allowing untreated mine water to enter the Hunter River Catchment area in June this year. Over a period of 10 days between 13 and 22 June, saline mine water was intermittently discharged into Farrells Creek, with an estimated 523 kilolitres making its way into the creek. NSW EPA Executive Director of Operations Jason Gordon said while HVO has committed to completing work to improve its environmental performance, the potential impacts on the creek and the Hunter River could have been severe. “HVO…
- Environment
- 19/12/2024
- 17:16
EPA MONITORING FIRE MANAGEMENT AT MARY’S MOUNT LANDFILL
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is working with the owner of Mary’s Mount landfill near Gunnedah, in response to a fire that broke out in waste cells on the site early Sunday morning. The NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) responded to initial reports of the fire, which has now been contained to two cells within the landfill. The fire is burning within the waste piles and landfill staff are working to fully extinguish it. The EPA is aware some communities are being impacted by smoke and has installed an air quality monitor at Mullaley. Another monitor will be installed…
- Business Finance
- 19/12/2024
- 17:11
MBK Partners and Young Poong Expand Stake in Korea Zinc to 46.7% of Voting Shares
Strategic Move Solidifies Control and Strengthens Governance SEOUL, South Korea–BUSINESS WIRE– MBK Partners, through its special-purpose company, Korea Corporate Investment Holdings Co., Ltd., has…
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- General News, Travel Tourism
- 19/12/2024
- 17:02
RE-RELEASED: Christmas arrives early at Reflections Hawks Nest
December 19, 2024 CHRISTMAS ARRIVES EARLY AT REFLECTIONS HAWKS NEST NB News editors: This Media Release is an update of a Release sent this…
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- Education Training, Immigration
- 19/12/2024
- 16:51
New Approach To International Education Inconsistent And Lacks Integrity
The Australian Government’s newly announced policy approach for the international education sector is causing significant frustration and uncertainty for members of the Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA). ITECA is the peak body representing independent skills training, higher education, and international education providers. The approach, framed as a legal exercise under the Migration Act 1958 (Cth), follows Parliament’s failure to pass amendments to the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 (Cth) after four days of public hearings through a Senate Committee that also included more than 260 submissions where the adverse outcomes of Australian Government policy were laid bare…
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- Art, Local Government
- 19/12/2024
- 16:47
New mural in Artarmon celebrates local native flora
Willoughby City Council has added a vibrant new mural to the city’s creative streetscape, in Artarmon. Titled Bush Flora, the mural is the work…
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- Community, Environment
- 19/12/2024
- 16:43
Return and Earn upgrade in Mudgee makes recycling even easier
The Return and Earn machine in Mudgee has just been upgraded to make recycling easier and faster for locals and visitors this summer. Now…
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- Education Training, Industrial Relations
- 19/12/2024
- 16:35
Christmas win: New deal for independent school teachers and staff
Thursday 19 December 2024 In last-minute talks ahead of a hearing at the Fair Work Commission today, the IEU reached a deal with the Association of Independent Schools NSW (AIS) that includes substantial pay rises and improved conditions in new three-year multi-enterprise agreements (MEAs) covering about 30,000 employees in 244 schools across NSW and the ACT. The Independent Education Union of Australia NSW/ACT Branch, which represents teachers and support staff in non-government schools, has been negotiating with the AIS since May to distil 10 separate agreements into just three new MEAs, one for teachers and two for professional and operational…
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- Education Training
- 19/12/2024
- 16:31
Public high schools secure prestigious first in course places
Public high schools secure prestigious first in course places NSW public high schools across the State are celebrating the excellence of their HSC students after securing 51 First in Course awards at a ceremony earlier this week. Twenty-six students from 23 NSW public schools received a First in Course award and 25 First-in Course awards were secured by students at the NSW Education Department’s two specialist language schools – around half the language awards on offer. NSW Department of Education Secretary Murat Dizdar said he was thrilled to meet with public school students from across the State at Tuesday's First…
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