Page 643 - Week 03 - Wednesday, 21 March 1990
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MS MAHER: The report that has just been tabled details the committee's comments on the Government's response to the committee's report No. 1 dealing with the Clinical Waste Bill 1990. I commend the report to the Assembly.
CONSERVATION, HERITAGE AND ENVIRONMENT - STANDING COMMITTEE
Report
DR KINLOCH (3.06): Mr Speaker, I present the report of the Standing Committee on Conservation, Heritage and Environment on its Inquiry into Commercial and Domestic Waste Management, together with copies of the minutes of the proceedings of the committee. I move:
That the report be noted.
Mr Speaker, in tabling this report may I first recognise the considerable work and input from several members of the Assembly other than the present three-person committee - myself, Mr Wood and Mr Stefaniak. Gary Humphries was the inaugural chairman; Carmel Maher, Michael Moore and Bill Wood were also members of the original committee. It was this committee which conducted the field work outside the ACT. Bill Wood remained on the committee throughout.
Recently, Bill Stefaniak and I had the pleasure of some field work within the ACT, namely, a richly rewarding investigative visit to the Mugga Lane tip. The present committee also looked at the various sized big bins available in Australia. I was also able to meet with several representatives of waste management and other businesses.
The committee was exceedingly fortunate in that Miss Peta Roberts was there as secretary throughout its work. All six of us, former and present members of the committee, recognise her devoted service on this inquiry. You should see the volume of evidence with which she had to deal. It is immense. I am especially indebted to her for all that had to be done in recent weeks to bring the report to a conclusion.
I will not try to go through all 65 recommendations of the report, but some matters need highlighting. I stress that, above all else, the report is about encouraging the recycling of wastes. So would you note items 1 to 27 in particular, but also items 48 to 51 on public education. No recommendations should be looked at in isolation from that general concern about recycling. May I stress again that many of the major recommendations are directly concerned with either recycling or the encouragement of public education about recycling. If I thought that any other recommendation would seriously hamper that recycling activity, I would not support it.
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