2016-01-14
A review of the policies and procedures of the Environmental Protection Authority announced last month to supposedly give the community faith in the EPA’s operations will be overseen and controlled by the EPA with no opportunity for public scrutiny or submissions, Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren says.
“Having asked the Environment Minister for the terms of reference and other details of the EPA review which he announced in December, I have been dismayed to learn that instead of being conducted with transparency and independence, the audit will be initiated by the EPA and the EPA will advise the minister on who will conduct the audit,” Ms MacLaren said.
“Furthermore, the resulting report will be provided to the EPA first who will finalise it before providing it to the Minister, and no submissions will be sought from the public.