{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} The '''Supervising Scientist''' is a statutory office under Australian law, originally created to assist in the monitoring of what was then one of the world's largest uranium mines, the Ranger Uranium Mine. It now provides advice more generally on a 'wide range of scientific matters and mining-related environmental issues of national importance, including; radiological matters and tropical wetlands conservation and management'.<ref>Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, [http://www.environment.gov.au/ssd/about/index.html About the Supervising Scientist], retrieved 21 October 2008</ref> The Supervising Scientist is administered as a division within the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.
==See also== *Uranium mining in Australia *Uranium mining in Kakadu National Park
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==External links== *[http://www.comlaw.gov.au/ComLaw/Legislation/ActCompilation1.nsf/0/452818CA44F431B3CA256F71004E346E?OpenDocument Environment Protection (Alligator Rivers Region) Act 1978] *[http://www.environment.gov.au/ssd/about/corporatedocs.html Supervising Scientist annual reports]
Category:Commonwealth Government agencies of Australia Category:Environment of Australia Category:Radioactive waste Category:Uranium mining in Australia
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