Owner of illegal Diamond Creek dump fined a record $60k

In short:

A property owner from Melbourne's outer north-east has pleaded guilty to operating a large-scale illegal dump.

He has been fined $60,000 and ordered to clean up the property, expected to cost more than $1 million.

What's next?

Victoria's environmental regulator says it is undertaking further investigations into the nature of the trucks used to transport the waste.