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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Smee, Queensland state correspondent

Tired of waiting for a Queensland EPA, conservation group launches own ‘enforcement arm’

Acting Queensland premier Steven Miles and environment minister Leanne Linard pose with a koala during a visit to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary
Acting Queensland premier Steven Miles and environment minister Leanne Linard. Queensland remains the only state or territory without an Environmental Protection Agency despite the Labor government promising to establish one. Photograph: Jono Searle/AAP

Queensland’s peak conservation group says it will launch a new “enforcement arm”, amid frustration at stalled government promises to establish an independent environmental regulator.

Every Australian state or territory – except Queensland – has an independent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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