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

The Queensland Conservation Council says new entity will take proactive actions' to ensure state's environmental laws are enforced

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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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