More than 30 councils relied on reports during development approval process for 135 sites but EPA says no immediate risks to public health identified

EPA refuses to name untreated sites but says all schools and hospitals have been cleaned as it continues criminal investigation into contamination

Exclusive: Facilities owned by Bingo Industries and Aussie Skips Recycling among more than 20 named in NSW parliament for breaching regulations

Exclusive: Independent testing of recycled soil fill finds two of four samples would not meet legislated thresholds and one contained asbestos

More than 100 homes damaged when tornado ripped off roofs, collapsed walls and sucked up debris in state’s south-west

Premier Steven Miles says experts advise all classrooms at Rochedale state school ‘are safe for staff and students to return’

PA Burns Reserve and the Altona Coastal Park the latest sites to have ‘small amounts of asbestos’ discovered

‘They’re all responsible for the quality of the mulch … and they’ll be held accountable’, says EPA regulation chief

Hobsons Bay city council, in the city’s west, confirms late on Friday that three further sites have been identified

Local council confirms material was found at Donald McLean Reserve in Spotswood

Planned overhaul of Environment Protection Authority’s powers to be biggest since it began in 1991, government says

Exclusive: Firm points to risk of asbestos contamination from other sources as it seeks to have prevention order thrown out

Focus turns to criminal investigation after NSW Environment Protection Authority completes its trawl through the supply chain

City of Sydney lord mayor reveals testing of potentially contaminated mulch has cost $200,000 with remediation costs likely to be ‘substantial’