October 2005
The CEO of the Tropical Savannas CRC, Professor Gordon Duff has
been appointed to chair the board of the Northern Territory’s
first Environment Protection Agency (EPA).
Over the next two years this board will establish the modus
operandi of the EPA in the Territory.
The appointment was announced by the NT Minister for Environment
and Heritage Marion Scrymgour on Wednesday 19th
October.
The NT EPA is an independent body created by the NT Government
to ensure the protection and management of the environment. The two
other members of the board are Professor Donna Craig of CDU and the
Desert Knowledge CRC and Ms Judith King.