Australia needs a national pollution watchdog with "teeth", says environment group

By Joanne McCarthy
August 14 2018 - 6:00am
Data: Bayswater power station near Muswellbrook. Questions about Bayswater emissions data provided to the National Pollutant Inventory form part of a submission to an NPI review.
Data: Bayswater power station near Muswellbrook. Questions about Bayswater emissions data provided to the National Pollutant Inventory form part of a submission to an NPI review.

AUSTRALIA needs a national pollution watchdog with “teeth” after two decades of pollution monitoring by the states that has failed to protect the environment and the community, a 20-year review of the National Pollutant Inventory has been told.

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