EPA chief Barry Buffier: 'Most powerful' official in NSW, Labor says

By Peter Hannam
Updated November 24 2014 - 9:13pm, first published 5:09pm
Barry Buffier, EPA chairman and CEO, at the parliamentary inquiry of the NSW EPA. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers
Barry Buffier, EPA chairman and CEO, at the parliamentary inquiry of the NSW EPA. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers
Barry Buffier, EPA chairman and CEO, at the parliamentary inquiry of the NSW EPA. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers
Barry Buffier, EPA chairman and CEO, at the parliamentary inquiry of the NSW EPA. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers
Barry Buffier, EPA chairman and CEO, at the parliamentary inquiry of the NSW EPA. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers
Barry Buffier, EPA chairman and CEO, at the parliamentary inquiry of the NSW EPA. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers
Barry Buffier, EPA chairman and CEO, at the parliamentary inquiry of the NSW EPA. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers
Barry Buffier, EPA chairman and CEO, at the parliamentary inquiry of the NSW EPA. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers

The head of the Environment Protection Agency, Barry Buffier, is the "most powerful public servant in NSW" because of weak oversight from the government, said Labor's deputy leader Luke Foley.