Greens outraged ACT scrapped Environment Dept.

Greens outraged ACT scrapped Environment Dept. :

"Dr Foskey says the environment has fallen off Chief Minister Jon Stanhope's political agenda.

She says this week's Budget gave very little money to the environment, and she is angry that Environment ACT will be absorbed into the Department of Territory and Municipal Services."

Doesn't make sense given that environmental issues are one of our top interests in this country and one of the prime concerns of our current period in history. Why would our capital territory not think an environment minister is not important? John Hargreaves is no longer a minister and so the Department of the Environment seems to have been abandoned and dismantled. This from our capital city. Doesn't make any sense at all. Deb Foskey has been right to call this to our attention.