Page 471 - Week 04 - Wednesday, 28 June 1989
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Mr Kaine: You obviously took just the good bits.
MR MOORE: Just the good bits, that is right. So I think the plagiarism that goes on is quite clear. Let me also add that prior to the conference this weekend one of the members of the Labor Party asked me for a copy of our full environment policy. I was delighted to provide it so that the ALP can learn to follow. The ALP perceives the Residents Rally as a trendy little group that is just starting. In fact, what the ALP must learn to realise - and Mr Berry put his argument in his best speech clearly and sincerely - is that we are not so much trendy as a ground swell. And when Labor members realise that, they will realise the impact that it could well have on their own future.
There were some further comments about what could happen with heritage homes and so forth. Living in one of those myself and having extended it, I know that it is possible, as we have done, to integrate the sort of building that is available so as to have a north-facing wall with an appropriate amount of glass to take advantage of the sun. These can be worked in with some empathy so that the passive energy systems can in fact be added to existing homes as well as to new homes.
In the talk about design of new homes and ways of forcing things, the picture that was painted envisaged a series of houses all facing the same way, so that streets would face the same way. But we are not talking about which way the house itself faces or where the front is, but about where the glass is on a house. There is nothing to stop the glass being on what would otherwise be perceived as the back wall of a house to take advantage of the sun, and many other factors come into that sort of area. In fact, I understand that ants always tend to build their nests north-south, and some of us sleep better in a north-south alignment. Of course, some people probably cannot sleep straight anyway!
I appreciate Mr Wood's comments on education, and naturally we will need to look particularly at the education aspects. I believe that, although that is not specifically addressed in the motion, it is not precluded from it. In that sort of education process, the pamphlet to which the Chief Minister referred from Mrs Grassby's department has of course been available to the public for many years. I certainly got one myself two years ago, long before Mrs Grassby was an endorsed candidate for the Labor Party, let alone a Minister. What we are dealing with and talking about in education is an attitude to the environment. That attitude is most important and it is heartening to see that Assembly members are all interested in it. Certainly all those who have spoken in this debate have expressed interest in a positive attitude.
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