Christine said > There has never been an EPA here And when I made my statement about the Department of the Envirionment, she said > So that's why the media is full of them creating one? Maybe. Talk to Michael Moore at The Mercury. Perhaps the current government realises that moving environmental control into the parks portfolio was a huge mistake. Creating a new EPA might be their attempt to correct that mistake - or paper over it. The details are in that URL I posted: http://www.environment.tas.gov.au/ A while back the NSW government said there was no air pollution in Sydney. The fact is that they don't know - they cut EPA funds, so it's not measured. What is the current condition of the Victorian EPA? Does anyone know? Does anyone care? That's what I meant about blinkered eyes. In Tasmania you expect to see pristine forests, and when you see ex-forests you react. In Sydney you expect to see nightclubs, so you ignore the photochemical smog. Melbourne is much the same. But people - including me - do care about Tasmania. Allan ************************************************** To view the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field (without quotes). To manage your subscription (e.g., set and unset DIGEST and VACATION modes) go to www.freelists.org/list/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************