A Nationals minister has admitted personally phoning a government agency that was investigating potentially illegal land clearing on her property, according to documents released to Parliament
Bronnie Taylor, now Minister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women, was then an MP and Parliamentary Secretary to Deputy Premier John Barilaro when she made the phone call to the Office of Environment and Heritage on September 13, 2018.Credit:Her call was preceded on the same day by her husband Duncan Taylor, who rang OEH saying he was the owner of the property on Springfield Road at Nimmitabel in the Monaro region of southern NSW.
Ms Taylor stated there had been no offence committed because a self-assessment showed the native grassland was less than half the ground cover. On October 2, OEH concluded its investigation, having found "no evidence" of a breach in land-clearing rules. Ms Sharpe said Ms Taylor's conduct will be examined in closer detail when Parliament returns in August, to determine "which ministers she lobbied"."As the landholder, I spoke to the OEH officer who was handling the complaint. I disclosed that I was a Member of Parliament and that I was calling in my capacity as a landholder," she said in a statement.
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