Western Australia's former environmental protection chief has made the "extraordinary" claim that the previous premier Mark McGowan pressured him to withdraw tough new emissions guidelines.
Those guidelines had been criticised by gas giant, Woodside and mining lobbyists.
The then-head of the independent Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), Dr Tom Hatton, has disclosed to the ABC never-before-told details of what he described as a political intervention "unprecedented" in the 50-year history of the agency.
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