Page 1390 - Week 06 - Tuesday, 1 May 1990
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DR KINLOCH: Mr Speaker, at very short notice, Mr Moore requested a meeting of the committee at the rising last week, on the last day last week. We went into the room next-door. Unfortunately, one member of the committee was not there so there was no resolution carried.
Mr Moore: Oh, that is misleading the Assembly.
MR WOOD: Mr Speaker, I have a supplementary question. Would Dr Kinloch table the minutes of that meeting in due course when they become available to him?
DR KINLOCH: Mr Speaker, I would certainly be glad to consult with the secretariat. I should note that three people, as I understand it, are necessary for a decision. I had put forward a motion and it was not carried either.
Ainslie Transfer Station
MR STEVENSON: Mr Speaker, my question is concerning the Ainslie Transfer Station. It is directed to Craig Duby. I have been contacted by a number of people who were concerned about the closure and also about what they felt was a lack of consultation. Would Mr Duby be kind enough to inform the house what consultation he had with citizens who are affected by the closure?
MR DUBY: I thank Mr Stevenson for the question. Mr Speaker, the matter of consultation on this issue is a vexed one. The questioner obviously wishes to raise the issue of where consultation stops and where the decision making process starts. In coming to the conclusion that the Ainslie Transfer Station could not economically be continued, the Government considered a whole range of options and had a whole range of advice proffered to it.
I must admit that with regard to the consultation - presumably not just with the residents of Ainslie and those of the inner north, because this is a matter which affects the whole of the ACT - the Government really was at a loss as to what sort of consultation should be entered into. The situation was, of course, Mr Speaker, that the decision that was made in relation to the Ainslie Transfer Station was made after prolonged thought and discussion amongst Government members on the basis of economics and - - -
Mr Wood: Not with Dr Kinloch, though.
MR DUBY: It was, as I said, made on the basis of discussion with Government members and on the basis that a decision was being forced upon the Government due to the fact that the contract for the renewal of the Ainslie station was due to expire as of close of business yesterday. Consultation was held with the contractor. Indeed, I have copies of correspondence here, which I may bring to people's attention later in the afternoon, which
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