Over the 46th Parliament, the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade will undertake a watching brief of government action on per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) harms and their remediation.
The Chair of the PFAS Sub-committee Dr John McVeigh MP said the inquiry will focus on the Department of Defence's 'National PFAS Investigation and Management Program', with 27 defence sites now being assessed.
"In undertaking this inquiry, the Sub-committee intends to conduct a rolling but targeted review of the Government's PFAS remediation responses over the entire Parliament," Dr McVeigh said.
Dr McVeigh explained that the Committee notes the intensive community consultation in the previous parliament. Key departments, agencies and experts will be examined in public meetings and reports regularly submitted to the Parliament. Community
