September 30, 2026 — 2:36pm
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The environmental watchdog failed to adequately track or manage thousands of cases of contamination across Western Australia, often taking years to investigate a site or leaving the responsibility of assessment to staff members that no longer worked there.
The WA Auditor General’s scathing report into the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation’s assessment of contaminated sites found over 1200 possibly contaminated sites – out of a total of 1633 – had been awaiting additional assessment information…
Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU
