Page 3842 - Week 13 - Thursday, 18 October 1990
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that process. As all members go through the weekly or fortnightly process of visiting our recycling centres or the shopping centre recycling outlets, I am sure that, as they throw their bottles into the waste bins - I do not know whether Mr Stevenson drinks or not, but - - -
Mr Stevenson: I do not.
MR COLLAERY: Mr Deputy Speaker, this has turned into extremely good therapy for members of this Assembly. I take my brown bottles - I think of them in figurative terms - and I smash them to pieces when I throw them into the bin.
I note that when the Labor Party members go to those centres there are no lids on their bottles. This is good news for the Territory. I am pleased that the Opposition is smiling broadly and appreciating the fact that we have managed to put a reasonably good policy into action. It is a policy that requires better development. It is a policy that, given articulateness and the sensitivity of the ACT population, will receive good public support. If Mr Stevenson does not agree with some parts of it, we would be delighted to hear just what his commitment is to the environment - in particular, what he is going to do to prove to us that there is no greenhouse effect.
Mr Stevenson: How about putting a meeting on? Bring someone up from Tasmania. Have a video from England and invite everybody along where nobody showed.
MR COLLAERY: Mr Deputy Speaker, I did not hear all of that.
MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order, Mr Stevenson! Thank you for those comments. Would you please control yourself.
MR COLLAERY: Mr Stevenson is suggesting that we bring someone from - - -
Mr Stevenson: I had already done it.
MR COLLAERY: Was it Pretoria or South Carolina? There is a trail of recycled oil leading to various parts of this Territory and there will be - - -
Mr Stevenson: A trail of recycled oil? You are going to give the information on a thousand years of shale oil, are you?
MR COLLAERY: I am sure Mr Stevenson is interested. We are going to recycle plastic for use as street furniture. If we can get one long enough for Mr Stevenson, I am sure we could find a sort of alfresco couch for the member so that he can guard us through all the dark hours from the front portals of this Assembly.
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