Greens push for Senate inquiry into allegations of cross-border waste dumping

ABC's Four Corners report alleging illegal dumping in Queensland needs scrutiny, Peter Whish-Wilson saysThe Australian Greens will push for a Senate inquiry into illegal waste dumping following damaging revelations on the ABC's Four Corners program last week.Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson says federal parliament must scrutinise the issues raised in the program, which exposed a network of waste transporting and freighting companies allegedly sending waste by road and rail to Queensland to avoid paying New South Wales millions of dollars in tariffs. Continue reading...