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Mr Duby: You can let the Minister see it in your office.
MR COLLAERY: He has seen it. Maybe he sent it to me.
GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION PROJECTS
Ministerial Statement and Paper
MRS GRASSBY (Minister for Housing and Urban Services), by leave: I wish to make a ministerial statement about greenhouse gas reduction projects.
Mr Kaine: Couldn't Rosemary say it all? Did she need a hand?
MRS GRASSBY: You know, Mr Kaine, you remind me of the devil. When he had a mouthful of women and they asked him would he like another one, he went "Mmmm".
MR SPEAKER: Order! Please proceed, Minister Grassby.
MRS GRASSBY: Mr Speaker, I welcome the statement by the Chief Minister on the ways in which our Government is ensuring that the ACT's voice on national environment issues is heard and the positive ways in which we are showing our commitment to environmental action.
I would like to inform the Assembly of a number of proposals which were discussed at the recent Australia and New Zealand Environment Council meeting. These proposals were put forward by Senator Graham Richardson on behalf of the Commonwealth. They are aimed at setting up projects which will provide practical demonstrations of how the production of greenhouse gases can be reduced.
Each State and territory government has been asked to examine how these demonstration projects could be established in their cities and towns. In other words, governments are being asked to show leadership on the greenhouse issue in practical ways.
Mr Speaker, I will now give some details of four of these projects. The first project is for all Commonwealth, State, territory and local government agencies to improve the energy efficiency of any new building they construct. I believe that we have a very good record in this regard in the ACT. I know that the ACT Housing Trust has adopted housing design standards to conserve energy. These standards include design and siting, insulation, thermal mass, heating unit efficiency and other factors. Even with our good track record we will seek to further improve energy efficiency in government buildings.
The second project is for the ACT to help in establishing a set of national standards for efficiency of appliances such as refrigerators, air-conditioners, dishwashers, washing
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