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Questions regarding the Environmental Protection Authority chair's prior involvement with a Smiths Beach development application and potential conflicts of interest.

๐ŸŸก Medium ยท Speech25 February 2026 ยท 176 words

Questions raised about EPA chair's credibility and conflict of interest in Smiths Beach development;

Premier defends EPA chair despite concerns over Smiths Beach development application and potential c

โ€œGiven the Department of Water and Environmental Regulations' own peer review into this development application found that Mr Walsh's submission lacked reliability and did not demonstrate consistency with the state planning policy, does the Premier have confidence in the head of the EPA remaining in his position given his credibility has been disputed by the process itself?โ€

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Members who spoke

Cook, RogerMettam, Libby
Topics
environmentplanningethicsconflict of interest

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