Qld Labor government votes against baseline monitoring for recycled water ...

Labor members voted down the following amendment proposed by the State Opposition:

This amendment states that the regulator, who is in fact the CEO, must—

... establish a baseline monitoring program to monitor quantifiable changes in the environment and human health that may be associated with the use of recycled water.

See - Hansard - 15 May 2008 - Page 1750.

The Bligh Labor government wants no legislative obligation to conduct baseline monitoring of recycled water, preferring to leave it to the whim of Qld Health ...