Page 1941 - Week 07 - Thursday, 31 May 1990
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hastily. Can I take it from your answer, which I thought was not very definite, that you will undertake the purchase of new buses when you need to in order to transport the children further distances to their new schools?
MR HUMPHRIES: No, Mr Speaker, Mr Wood cannot take that. It may be that we can use existing buses better to transport students. It may be that we need not use government buses at all to transport students. There is a whole series of issues currently being examined in order to provide a more efficient expenditure of money on school bus services. We will have to ensure we are providing the best possible use of the money we are spending in this area. That is the object of the Government's present endeavours.
Greenway Recycling Facility
MRS NOLAN: My question is to Mr Duby in his capacity as Minister for Urban Services. I understand a recycling centre will be built at Greenway in the Tuggeranong Valley. What facilities will be at the centre and how is it proposed to operate the centre? When is it hoped to have the centre open?
MR DUBY: I am pleased to be able to confirm that a recycling facility will be built at Greenway to service the recycling needs of the people of Tuggeranong, just as one is being built at Mitchell to service the recycling needs of the people of the inner north. The facility at Greenway will provide for the recycling of paper products, glass, PET plastics, aluminium cans and recycled oil. The facility will be of an upgraded design, with improved access, and will be aesthetically compatible with its surroundings. Funds for this project will be available in the new financial year, and construction is expected to be completed by December of this year.
Fire Brigade Ties
MRS GRASSBY: Mr Speaker, my question is to Mr Duby, who today is sporting a necktie with the ACT Fire Brigade's emblem on it. How much did the Fire Brigade spend purchasing such non-uniform items, and to whom are the ties given?
MR DUBY: I am afraid that I simply do not know how much the ACT Fire Brigade has spent on accoutrements such as Fire Brigade ties. I believe they have other souvenirs and mementos which they hand out to people of import who visit them. As I have said, I do not know how much they cost and I do not know when these ties were produced, but I do know this one is out of stock, so it may well have been produced prior to my being Minister for the Fire Brigade. I shall seek that information and get back to Mrs Grassby as soon as possible.
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