INTERVIEW: Former NSW EPA chief Barry Buffier

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Former NSW EPA CEO Barry Buffier Source: SBS News

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"A wicked problem": former New South Wales Environmental Protection Agency head and CEO Barry Buffier speaks to SBS about waste management and asbestos. He explains to Dijana Damjanovic how the current crisis, that has seen properties and schools close across NSW and the ACT, came about and says it's an unintended consequence of the state's waste management policy.

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