Privatising environmental regulation – the Wonthaggi desalination plant and the EPA
Victoria’s Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has barely had a positive word said about it over recent years. Since 2009, particularly following its handling of the landfill gas leak near Cranbourne, it has been criticised by the Victorian Ombudsman, the Auditor-General, and in February 2011 by a consultant commissioned by the agency to review its compliance … Continue reading Privatising environmental regulation – the Wonthaggi desalination plant and the EPA