{"id":7957,"date":"2020-09-01T06:18:42","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T06:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=7957"},"modified":"2020-09-01T06:18:42","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T06:18:42","slug":"new-report-highlights-gov-failures-on-pfas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/09\/01\/new-report-highlights-gov-failures-on-pfas\/","title":{"rendered":"New Report Highlights Gov Failures On PFAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian Greens Senator for NSW, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has said that the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aph.gov.au\/Parliamentary_Business\/Committees\/Joint\/Foreign_Affairs_Defence_and_Trade\/PFASRemediation\/Second_Progress_Report\">latest progress report<\/a>\u00a0of the parliamentary PFAS Sub-committee, tabled today, has highlighted failures of the Government in adequately dealing with PFAS contamination.<br \/>\nAmong other recommendations, the Committee recommends \u201cthat the Government prioritise assisting property owners and businesses in affected areas through compensation for financial losses associated with contamination emanating from Defence bases, including the possibility of buy-backs.\u201d<br \/>\nSenator Faruqi said:<br \/>\n\u201cThe nation-wide damage wrought by toxic PFAS chemicals has been extensive and people have suffered for too long.<br \/>\n\u201cThe government has not done enough to adequately deal with PFAS contamination. Financial compensation must be provided for residents and property owners, including buy-backs.<br \/>\n\u201cCommunities are still concerned about the lack of consistency and a piecemeal approach to PFAS management. They have ongoing worries regarding contamination on non-Commonwealth sites.<br \/>\n\u201cThe government is dragging its heels on banning the use of PFAS across the country. We know the alternatives exist, they just aren\u2019t being used.<br \/>\n\u201cI want to thank and acknowledge community members and community groups across the country who have been organising on PFAS contamination and compensation issues, including in NSW. This saga has been immensely exhausting for so many,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian Greens Senator for NSW, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has said that the\u00a0latest progress report\u00a0of the parliamentary PFAS Sub-committee, tabled today, has highlighted failures of the Government in adequately dealing with PFAS contamination. Among other recommendations, the Committee recommends \u201cthat the Government prioritise assisting property owners and businesses in affected areas through compensation for financial losses &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/09\/01\/new-report-highlights-gov-failures-on-pfas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New Report Highlights Gov Failures On PFAS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}