A group of Northern Territory public servants who alleged management fraud and misconduct has affected their ability to regulate major mines are dismayed the ICAC has rejected their complaint.
Ms Telfer rejected some of the allegations, including claims that staff were directed by management to "water down environmental assessments" and to "support mining at all costs".The removal of two staff members from regulating the McArthur River Mine "without procedural fairness"
They said these incidents included a staff member being asked to recalculate the McArthur River Mine environmental security bond, which the government holds, in just 24 hours."The department didn't do their own calculation — McArthur River Mine's calculation was accepted instead." "The site visits are normally done in the wet season to capture the flows, but the approvals needed weren't in place, so they ended up doing sampling in June and July when the mines aren't discharging," the complainant said.
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