AUSTRALIA — Victoria’s logging regulator is failing to fully use its powers, and cannot assure the public it is effectively reducing the risk of illegal logging, according to a report by the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office (VAGO). The report is critical of how the Office of the Conservation Regulator (OCR) reviews its own activities, as well as its ability to investigate allegations of widespread or systemic breaches of the law by the state owned logging company, VicForests. …VAGO takes issue with the data used by the OCR, and says it relies heavily on information provided by the logging company. …The allegations include claims of illegally logging steep slopes in water catchments, and the associated and increased risk to the health of Victoria’s water supplies. …Four years ago, a damning report on how logging is regulated in Victoria led to the creation of the OCR.