As the Sunday Times reported 'Alcoa let of DEC hook', The state ombudsman found the Department of Environment and Conservation - DEC had failed to properly respond to pollution and health problems in communities near the Wagerup refinery.
This is not the first time the DEC which is meant to be WA's environmental policeman has been found to have failed, some that come to mind are Omex, Bellevue, Brookdale, Kwinana, Cockburn Cement, Kalgoorlie, Esperance etc.
What we need to know is when are our politicians going to do something about it? It would seem that this must be the way they want the DEC to be, because that is how industry want it to be and after all industry call the shots.
When DEC officers (the environmental police) publicly claim that "we have and will maintain a good relationship with Kwinana Industry" its pretty obvious that something is horribly wrong.
Incompetence/Corruption or both? Vote on the poll to the right of this page.
This is not the first time the DEC which is meant to be WA's environmental policeman has been found to have failed, some that come to mind are Omex, Bellevue, Brookdale, Kwinana, Cockburn Cement, Kalgoorlie, Esperance etc.
What we need to know is when are our politicians going to do something about it? It would seem that this must be the way they want the DEC to be, because that is how industry want it to be and after all industry call the shots.
When DEC officers (the environmental police) publicly claim that "we have and will maintain a good relationship with Kwinana Industry" its pretty obvious that something is horribly wrong.
Incompetence/Corruption or both? Vote on the poll to the right of this page.
4 comments:
Both.
We are let down more times than not, why is the DEC alergic to doing their job?
Are they even qualified to do what their employed to do. Why hasn't Magellan been taken to court..... that's right DEC were found at fault as well.
Why is industry protected and not communities, it just goes on and on.
Thanks SNC it has to be both hey.
Thanks Enviro but the DEC are doing their job - the job our pollies want them to do - Protect Industry at any cost!
Yes Steve, The DEC have failed again, again and again and they will continue to fail again, again and again but they will continue to get away with it again, again and again. Why are they not charged with failing theyr'e duty? or with criminal negligence? or with corruption? Why do they get away with it again, again and again?
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