John Dardis (Progressive Democrats)

I can think of one example of which I have experience. A succession of attempts was made by the EPA and the local authority to try to control a certain activity that was taking place – to the extent of going to the High Court – but the limitations of the legal system were evident in terms of the person's being able to continue the activity. If the Senator's proposed words were added it would preclude the agency from dealing with somebody such as that, which it should be able to do. If a person has a bad record, even if he or she has not been convicted of an offence, it should be open to the agency to adjudicate in a case such as this.