Page 5518 - Week 17 - Wednesday, 4 December 1991
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Mr Humphries: I am not. I am interested in the figures I have asked about.
MR BERRY: Okay, I will drop that one. You are not interested in the question you asked yesterday, then?
MR HUMPHRIES: I ask a supplementary question, Mr Speaker. The Minister has once again not indicated whether he is going to take this question on notice or not. I would appreciate it - - -
Mr Berry: Well, if you want to put it on notice - - -
MR HUMPHRIES: You can take it on notice.
MR SPEAKER: Order! Address your comments through the Chair, please.
MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, I ask the Minister: If he will not answer my question now, will he take it on notice?
MR BERRY: Indeed.
Fairbairn Park - Noise Pollution
MR MOORE: Mr Speaker, my question is directed to Mr Wood as Minister for the Environment and results from a letter which I understand he has from Mr Ron Murnain of the Ridgeway. I have copies of some of the replies that Mr Wood has sent previously to Mr Murnain. He accepts that people on the Ridgeway in Queanbeyan are treated equally insofar as they are affected by things that occur in the ACT. Mr Murnain points out that noise direction notices with effect for 12 months have been served by the Environmental Protection Service on Fairbairn Park Control Council and one of the operators, Canberra Automobile Racing Association, following a race on 22 September. For a body corporate there is a fine of $5,000 for exceeding permissible limits and, for a natural person, a fine of $1,000. Mr Murnain also points out that on Sunday, 1 December, just last week, the people of the Ridgeway were not able to reach the Environmental Protection Service in spite of phoning for 2 hours. They also monitored the race with their own equipment, which they claim to be sophisticated equipment. I believe that Mr Wood has a copy of the results. First of all, are you satisfied that the Environmental Protection Service is appropriately available under such circumstances and is fulfilling its function appropriately? Secondly, what are you doing to protect the people of the Ridgeway from this noise pollution?
MR WOOD: Mr Speaker, I do not know whether I have "a" letter from Mr Murnain. I have a very large number of letters from that gentleman, and that is fair enough. The community he represents sees a problem. They report it to me and, in terms of all the requirements of the Act, we
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