The NSW Auditor-General found the waste levy and infrastructure grants operated without a clear statewide investment strategy. Grant programs lacked effectiveness metrics and accountability for environmental outcomes. Six recommendations issued. Recycling and landfill diversion targets were not being met despite billions in levy revenue.
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$50.0M of Australian taxpayer money was wasted at NSW EPA. The NSW Auditor-General found the waste levy and infrastructure grants operated without a clear statewide investment strategy. Grant programs lacked effectiveness metrics and accountability for environmental outcomes. Six recommendations issued. Recycling and landfill diversion targets were not being met despite billions in levy revenue.
Spread across Australia's 10.8 million households, that's roughly $5 per family — enough in total for covering the university fees of 1,667 students.
NSW Auditor-General performance audit of NSW EPA waste levy and infrastructure grants (circa 2022-2023) found grant programs were not guided by a clear waste infrastructure investment strategy. No effectiveness metrics existed to assess progress toward recycling and landfill diversion targets. Levy revenue was allocated without a statewide view of where infrastructure gaps existed. Six recommendations were issued to improve strategic alignment and accountability. The audit found the system produced a disconnect between levy revenue and measurable environmental outcomes — a structural failure for a policy instrument designed to drive landfill reduction and circular economy transition.
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