Northern Endeavour oil vessel without power for weeks in Timor Sea
The blackout is another problem in a clean-up effort of an ex-Woodside vessel that will cost Australia's oil and gas producers well over $1 billion.
Darren Walsh was appointed the chair of WA's independent Environmental Protection Authority in October 2024.
The environmental watchdog is set to remove restrictions on climate pollution in months but is much slower looking into concerns about quarantine and turtles on the Barrow Island nature reserve.
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