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MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND URBAN SERVICES
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO. 408
Paper Chase - Advertising
Mrs Grassby - asked the Minister for Finance and Urban Services:
(1) How much money is spent on advertising paper and cardboard recycling pickups in the media.
(2) Is this amount justifiable.
Mr Duby - the answer to the Members question is as follows:
(1) A total of $4,349.97 has been spent on these
advertisements in 1990-91.
Paper Chase reminders which appear daily in the Canberra Times and are advertised nightly on television are provided free of charge as a community service.
(2) Yes.
A new paper collection contract was signed on 1 March 1991. While the cost of preparing and distributing Paper Chase calendars is at the expense of the contractor the new contract was not finalised until just before this date. Therefore it was impossible for the contractor to print and distribute Paper Chase calendars before the start of the new contract.
Consequently to advise the public of collection days advertisements were run in local papers for several weeks to advise residents of when collections would be undertaken. This was a commitment made to the paper company by my Department.
The Paper Chase calendars have now been printed and delivered therefore all interim arrangements have now ceased.
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