Current local issues

• Albert River sewage spill investigation

  The City of Gold Coast Council has agreed to a $2.1 million enforceable undertaking which will result in environmental improvements including better water quality and a significant upgrade to the city’s sewage network.

• Hopeland – Linc Energy underground coal gasification groundwater and groundwater monitoring

  An underground coal gasification (UCG) pilot in the Hopeland area near Chinchilla, undertaken between 2007–2013. The operators, Linc Energy Pty, were found guilty in 2017 against charges of wilfully causing serious environmental harm. Since 2016, the department has been managing the site. Here you can find details about this site, groundwater monitoring and longer term remediation plans.

• PFAS site investigations across Qld

  Currently there are several state-wide Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) investigations being monitored by the PFAS Interdepartmental Committee across Queensland. Here you can find information on these investigations, and which organisations are leading them, access a range of resources and see the current community health alerts.

• Salisbury–Moorooka odour investigation

  Community reports of odour in and around the Salisbury–Moorooka area have led the department to investigate licenced activities in the area. The community has assisted with canister sample collection. A potential source has been able to be identified and compliance action has been escalated.

• Swanbank odour management

  There are several landfills and composting sites within the Swanbank and New Chum areas which are known sources of odour. The department has been investigating and responding to concerns raised by the community about odours, dust, and other environmental nuisance in and around these areas for several years. Here you can access information on monitoring results, compliance programs and community reports.

Past local issues

Air – Odour

• Cleanaway New Chum odour investigations (2022)

Air – Coal dust

• Western–Metropolitan rail systems coal dust monitoring program:
  (2013) | (2014–2015) | (2016) | (2017) | (2018) | (2019) | (2020) | (2021) | (2022) | (2023)
• Jondaryan dust monitoring program (2014–2015)

Air – Other dust and particulate matter

• Compost/mulch asbestos investigation (2024)
• Fisherman’s Landing air monitoring investigation (2016–2022)
• Oxenford air quality monitoring project (2020–2021)
• Mt Coot-tha Dust Monitoring Investigation (2019–2020)
• Collingwood Park dust monitoring investigation (2019–2020)
• Wynnum citizen science air monitoring (2018–2019)
• Pinkenba dust monitoring (2016–2017)
• Ormeau/Yatala air quality investigation (2015–2016)
• Suntown landfill particle monitoring investigation:
  (Feb–Apr 2010) | (Oct–Dec 2010)
• Mount Cotton Quarries dust investigation:
  (2008) | (2008–2009)
• Townsville dust monitoring program (2008–2009)
• Murarrie landfill dust investigation (2008)
• Narangba particle monitoring (2006–2007)

Air – Other pollutants

• Yatala composting facility bioaerosols survey (2017)
• Clem7 tunnel: air emission assessment and best practice operational management for air quality (2015)
• Currumbin foundry air monitoring investigation (2013)
• Runcorn Foundry air monitoring investigation (2009–2010)
• Gladstone air quality monitoring program:
  (2001–2006) | (2008–2010)
• Dinmore air quality investigation (2003–2005)
• Roadside air quality in south-east Queensland (2001)

Water

• Narangba Binary fire 2005 groundwater monitoring:
  (2014) | (2015)
• Fitzroy Basin Coal – past monitoring reports