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Updated 3 PM Tue, Mar 19 2019

Forecast (next 24 hours): GOOD to FAIR air quality is expected in Melbourne and Latrobe Valley, some smoke haze expected due to bushfires.

Summary (last 24 hours): GOOD to FAIR air quality in Melbourne, Geelong and Latrobe Valley. POOR air quality in Wangaratta

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19 Mar 2019 Tuesday smoke alert update UPDATED, TUESDAY: Light winds are failing to disperse smoke, with Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) advising that smoke from bushfires continues to affect large parts of the state.
19 Mar 2019 Bendigo construction and demolition waste recycler fined in court Hopley Recycling Pty Ltd (Hopely) of White Hills, Bendigo, and its three directors, past and present, each pleaded guilty to an offence under the Environment Protection Act 1970 in the Bendigo Magistrates’ Court on 18 March 2018.
18 Mar 2019 Broderick Road recycling site update The City of Greater Geelong and Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) have been informed that TASCO, the company that owns the Broderick Road recycling site, has been placed into liquidation and that Partners of PwC Australia have been appointed liquidators.
18 Mar 2019 Monday smoke alert update UPDATED, NOON MONDAY: Light winds are failing to disperse smoke with Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) advising that smoke from bushfires continues to affect large parts of the state.

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