A train operator failed to carry out full safety checks before a dramatic derailment and toxic spill in the Northern Territory, an investigation has found. The 20-carriage freight train 7AD1 derailed as it tried to cross the Edith River, 42km northwest of Katherine during the early hours of D...

BP's oil leak at the Ula field in Norway is considered serious because its location posed a risk to the facility itself but the spill was contained and does not currently pose an environment risk, the Petroleum Safety Authority said. 'BP has told us the leak was almost entirely con...

Transpacific Industries Group chief executive Kevin Campbell says he hopes to one day not need to use landfill for waste disposal. Campbell, who leads Australia's largest waste management company, says landfill was no longer an acceptable method of disposing of waste.

He said gove...

Italian oil firm Eni said on Saturday an oil spill near its facilities in the Niger Delta had been contained, but local people said the pollution had spread and damaged their fishing. Eni said the spill occurred last week about 10 km (six miles) from the Obama flowstation in Bayelsa state....

A truck has crashed in Victoria's north, killing the driver and causing a major fuel spill that has forced the closure of the Hume Freeway. Emergency services are on the scene attempting to contain the fuel near Violet Town, south east of Shepparton. A CFA spokeswoman says an estim...