Page 1429 - Week 06 - Tuesday, 1 May 1990
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Mr Moore: There's more to recycling than bottles, Norm, for heaven's sake.
MR JENSEN: Bottles, cans, plastics - all those sorts of things have to be recycled, Mr Speaker. Plastics is another area that has not been forgotten by the Alliance Government. Cages for the disposal of plastic containers have been installed at the Hackett and Dickson shops, ensuring easy access for the people of the area.
Mr Wood: Yes, very suddenly.
MR JENSEN: Be that as it may, Mr Speaker, I think you would find that they were on the agenda anyway, as my colleague Mr Duby has already said in relation to the Mitchell facility, which will also provide encouragement for recycling.
Mr Wood: Have we got that yet?
MR JENSEN: No, Mr Wood, we do not have it yet, and I suggest that we probably would not have had it yet under the previous Government. There are lots of things that we did not get under the previous Government.
Mr Speaker, the report that was produced by the Assembly committee will ensure that by the next election we will have the best recycling program, and residents of north Canberra will be very grateful for that.
Mr Berry: Just like they are now.
MR JENSEN: It is all very well for Mr Berry to say, "Just like they are now", Mr Speaker. Once again, I refer to the other people who live in Canberra. More people live in Canberra than just those who live in Ainslie or north Canberra.
Mr Berry: Did you strip consultation out of the Residents Rally policy?
MR JENSEN: No, Mr Speaker, we have not stripped consultation out of the Residents Rally policy.
Mr Berry: Not "Mr Speaker"; I'm Mr Berry.
MR JENSEN: I am doing it correctly, Mr Berry, through Mr Speaker.
MRS GRASSBY (4.43): Mr Speaker, I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on such an important matter as the closure of the Ainslie Transfer Station. We on this side of the Assembly are constantly criticising the Government for its lack of action, but it has rushed in, without asking anybody, and has closed the transfer station. I join with our leader in saying that the people in Canberra are realising more and more each day their mistake in voting for the people opposite. Every day the Government
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