Page 2416 - Week 11 - Thursday, 2 November 1989
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issued, resulting in a high level of publicity. A full-page advertisement recently appeared in the Canberra Times requesting consumers to return the bottles to the supermarkets. A comprehensive promotion initiated by the Milk Authority for the returnable 600ml glass bottles commences on 1 February 1990, and all Canberra households will receive the related promotional material.
The experiment of recycling the one litre bottles relates to a recent decision on the part of the authority to conduct this trial. It involves a total of 10,000 bottles which will be retailed exclusively through the 25 ACT Shop-Rite outlets. The project is a market test of a recyclable one litre glass milk bottle, and it is not an overall recycling exercise. The purpose of this test is to establish whether or not an opportunity exists for the marketing of recyclable glass milk bottles.
To go back to the promotional aspect, 25,000 recycling bags and 50,000 brochures were distributed to Canberra households on 30 and 31 October. The bags and the brochures relate to the trial of the one litre glass bottles. However, the desirability of the returnable 600ml glass bottle is emphasised in the brochures as well.
Public Works Contracts
MRS NOLAN: My question is addressed to the Minister for Housing and Urban Services. But, first of all, I would like to commend the Chief Minister in relation to the new Australian Capital Territory Gazette. I think it is much better than the one previously available from the Commonwealth Government Bookshop, and I am pleased with this Gazette. My question is in relation to contracts arranged for ACT public works. I ask the Minister why an interstate company would be better placed to advertise for staff vacancies than an ACT company.
MRS GRASSBY: I will have to get back to Mrs Nolan about that. I do not have any idea. I will check it out.
Casino
MR JENSEN: My question is directed to the Minister for Industry, Employment and Education. I refer him to the third recommendation of the Select Committee on the Establishment of a Casino, which states:
at the same time as calling for expressions of interest, the Government invite companies to submit alternative proposals for Section 19 and casino development -
I repeat "and casino development" -
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