Page 455 - Week 04 - Wednesday, 28 June 1989
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boots and one of our soldiers gave him a pair. I thought that was very nice.
Unfortunately, Australians have a habit of wanting to go around cutting down trees, but I do not think that is going to be the problem in the ACT. Our Chief Minister has a great love of the environment, and I can promise you there will be no way that she will be allowing soil erosion and the problems that flow from it.
Mr Moore: No woodchipping in Canberra.
MRS GRASSBY: No, we do not have that so far, and we do not intend it to happen. As I say, I welcome the member's comments on this. It is one of the ALP's platforms, and we intend to make sure that it is carried out. However, Mr Speaker, I would like to say we have some amendments to the motion. I seek leave to move those amendments.
Leave granted.
MRS GRASSBY: I move:
(1) Paragraph (1) after "integrated", insert "energy
resources and".
(2) Paragraph (1)(a) after "of" (third occurring), insert "pine and".
(3) Omit paragraph (1)(d), substitute the following new paragraph:
"(d) the environmental impact of energy use aspects of urban planning and transportation.".
MR HUMPHRIES (10.54): The Opposition will support this motion and also the amendments moved by the Minister. I see that her portfolio is described as Housing and Urban Services. I understand she has been described in the chamber as Minister for Housing and Urban Studies and Minister for Housing and Urban Development, but I will choose to call her Minister for Housing and Urban Services on this occasion. Perhaps I will start a trend.
As I have indicated, the Opposition will support this motion. As chairman of the Standing Committee on Conservation, Heritage and Environment, I am very pleased to be able to deal with these issues. They are very important, and in a community like the ACT where we have, I think it is true to say, an environment conscious population, a population which is here in large part because of the unique aesthetic environment, the unique treescape and landscape of the ACT, it is not unreasonable to talk about integrating our policies in this regard to ensure that we preserve the uniqueness and the value of the ACT's environment.
In some parts the motion is a little too broad - the brush strokes being employed are somewhat broad for my liking - but the amendments moved by the Minister go some way towards addressing that, and I welcome that. The
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