Outgoing Western Australian Planning Commission chair David Caddy will join the board of the state's environmental watchdog.
Outgoing Western Australian Planning Commission chair David Caddy will join the board of the state's environmental watchdog.
Mr Caddy will join the Environmental Protection Authority board, which has been expanded from five to nine members as part of the state government's approvals system reforms.
In September, it was announced Mr Caddy would retire as WAPC chair by the end of 2024 after five decades of service in the planning sector.
Mr Caddy had been chair of the state's peak planning body for six years, being appointed in 2018.
WAPC deputy chair Emma Cole will replace him, as Business News revealed yesterday.
Other appointed members to the EPA board include the state's former appeals convenor Kelly Faulkner, outgoing Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation energy transition strategies director Anthony Sutton, and WA Marine Science Institution chief executive Luke Twomey.
Mr Caddy and Mr Sutton will start on the EPA board on January 1 while Mr Twomey and Ms Faulkner commenced their roles yesterday, all of which are three-year terms.
The new appointments join EPA chair Darren Walsh, deputy chair Lee McIntosh, Hamish Beck, Jane Bennett and Karen Caple.
WA's EPA would have the biggest membership in the country with the nine-people line-up, the state government claimed.
The expansion comes as part of the state government's reforms into environmental approvals system and reduce delays in processing applications.
Environment Minister Reece Whitby said the new appointments would ensure the state's high environmental protection standards would be upheld.
“Given the urgency of WA’s energy transition and our success in attracting investment and workers to our State, we must do everything we can to reduce delays," he said.
“This change is sensible and will streamline approvals processes without compromising the EPA's independence."
