- Date of offence
- Between 01 Apr 2017 and 31 Aug 2017
- Type of offence
Charge 1: Did deposit industrial waste in contravention of the Environment Protection Act 1970, at Murchison from 01.04.2017 to 31.08.2017, contrary to s.27A(1)a.
- Background of offence
South Coast Plant Hire Pty Ltd and its Director, Benjamin Hobbs entered a guilty plea in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court over the dumping of more than 6000 tonnes of industrial waste near Murchison, in northern Victoria.
In an investigation that began with a pollution report from the City of Greater Shepparton, the court heard that EPA officers, on foot and using an aerial drone, inspected a rural property at 310 Woolshed Road, Murchison. At the property they found dumped glass of various sizes mixed with other material such as plastics, mobile phone batteries, medicine vials and other industrial waste.
- Date of court hearing
- 7 November 2019
- Date of court order
- 27 November 2019
- Court magistrate
- J Hardy
- Court location
- Geelong
- Proceeding number
- K11779386
Court orders made
Without conviction, fined $55,000.
South Coast Plant Hire Pty Ltd (Accused) ordered to pay costs in the amount of $6,381.00.
Pursuant to s.67AC(2)(a) of the Act, the Accused is ordered to publicise the offence, its consequences, and any penalties imposed or orders made by this Court by publishing a notice about these proceedings.
Reviewed 3 October 2023
