NSW:Parker faces questions over Orica leak

AAP General News (Australia)
08-23-2011
NSW:Parker faces questions over Orica leak

Beleaguered NSW environment minister ROBYN PARKER has defended her handling of the
Newcastle chemical leak, saying at the time of the incident everything that should have
been done was being done.

Ms PARKER'S role in the Orica debacle has dominated a rowdy question time, with the
state opposition calling on her to explain why it took three days to notify Stockton residents
of the hexavalent chromium leak.

Ms PARKER says she didn't know about the accident until two days after the leak - when
she was told the situation was under control, had been contained on site, and that residents
were being doorknocked by Orica.

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KEYWORD: CHEMICAL (SYDNEY)

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