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clearly indicates that the matter was raised with the contractor and the contractor was unwilling to continue the contract under the terms of that contract.
Accordingly, whilst it was an important decision, something which does affect the lives of people in the inner north of Canberra, in commercial-in-confidence matters like this it was felt that the decision could be made. Frankly, that is what this Government is here for - to make decisions and to take the hard decisions.
Ainslie Transfer Station
MS FOLLETT: My question also is addressed to the Minister for Finance and Urban Services. It relates again to the Ainslie Transfer Station - in particular, to Mr Duby's answer to a question asked in the Assembly on 26 April. Did Mr Duby intentionally mislead the Assembly when he said that the closure of the Ainslie Transfer Station is not contrary to the recommendations of the report of the Standing Committee on Conservation, Heritage and Environment? I particularly draw to Mr Duby's attention recommendation 7, which calls for the upgrading of and improved access to the Ainslie Transfer Station recycling facilities, and recommendations 15 and 26, which both relate to improved facilities at the Ainslie Transfer Station.
MR DUBY: I thank Ms Follett for the question. The simple fact, Mr Speaker, is that there was no intention to mislead the Assembly and, indeed, the Assembly has not been misled. The answers to those questions related to the fact that the recommendations and the general thrust of recommendations of that committee's report specified that the Government - I do not have a copy of the report in front of me, but I am trying to think of the actual words - should upgrade and improve recycling facilities - - -
Ms Follett: At the Ainslie Transfer Station.
MR DUBY: Not only at the Ainslie Transfer Station but at other sites throughout the ACT, Mr Speaker - at the other tips and at the Ainslie Transfer Station. That recommendation to which I was referring mentions specifically the other tips. Needless to say, when the committee was making its recommendations it was working on the assumption that the Ainslie Transfer Station would continue operating.
The recommendations say that recycling facilities should be upgraded and improved at tips and throughout Canberra. Mr Speaker, that is exactly what this Government is doing. We are upgrading the facilities at the tips. We are improving recycling facilities at Mitchell. We are establishing a full, comprehensive recycling facility at Mitchell to cater for the needs of those residents of the inner north who
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