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WA's Carpenter government is establishing a special inspection and compliance branch in the WA Department of Environment and Conservation and will complete an independent review of the department's inspection and compliance functions by February, says yesterday's government response to a damning parliamentary report on the lead contamination scandal in Esperance.

A WA parliamentary inquiry into lead contamination in Esperance says that failing to identify or prevent the pollution points to a lack of compliance culture within the state's environment department.