Environment Protection Authority
The Minister for Natural Resources, Environment and Heritage, Len Kiely, announced the membership of the Territory’s first independent Environment Protection Authority on 5 March 2008.
The Environment Protection Authority is comprised of:
- Dr Andrew Tupper (Chair), appointed for a period of three years
- Professor Donna Craig, appointed for a period of three years
- Ms Judith King, appointed for a period of 18 months
- Professor Gordon Duff, appointed for a period of 18 months
The EPA has been established to provide independent strategic and practical advice to Government, businesses and the community about ecologically sustainable development (with a key focus on environment protection) in the Northern Territory.
The Environment Protection Authority has significant independent powers to recommend legislative and policy frameworks and to scrutinise the operations of Government agencies in undertaking regulatory work. It will also be responsible for developing guidelines and standards for environmental practice, monitoring and evaluation.
Not only will the Environment Protection Authority have an important policy development function, it will regularly scrutinise Northern Territory Government agency operations and systems with a view to ensuring they are undertaken in accordance with endorsed standards and practices.
The Environment Protection will operate under the Territory’s Environment Protection Authority Act 2007.
