Page 3273 - Week 12 - Thursday, 19 November 1992
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MS FOLLETT: Public assertions to the effect that that is the Government's intention are quite wrong - - -
Mrs Carnell: It is just your policy, not your intention?
MS FOLLETT: As are media statements in the same vein.
Mr Berry: Madam Speaker, I raise a point of order. Within the first few sentences of the Chief Minister's response there were four interjections by these people opposite and - - -
Mr Kaine: With good reason, Minister.
Mr Berry: There you go. You cannot - - -
Mr Kaine: With good reason.
Mr Berry: He interjects on somebody raising a point of order. This is over the top. Here it goes again.
Mr Kaine: I will take a point of order, too, if you like.
Mr Berry: He cannot help himself.
MADAM SPEAKER: Members, you will remember that there are at least three standing orders that ask you not to interrupt and not to speak whilst another member is speaking. Perhaps you could try to remember that. Ms Follett, would you like to proceed, please?
Ms Follett: I have concluded my response.
Noise Pollution
MR WESTENDE: Madam Speaker, my question without notice is directed to the Minister for the Environment, Mr Wood. Would the Minister agree that the noise pollution complaint that was first instigated by phone to the Environment Protection Authority in June and July and again in writing in October should by now have been resolved? What is the Government's policy in dealing with noise complaints in suburban areas involving maintenance and the revving of engines of stock cars or racing cars, which is the subject of this complaint? Is the Minister satisfied with the current response to complaints? Further, is the Minister aware that when people who want to complain to the Environment Protection Authority about noise pollution levels establish contact with the authority it is often a response with an answering machine, and by the time the inspector responds to the complaint the problem has invariably disappeared?
MR WOOD: Madam Speaker, although I was talking to Mr Moore, I did not miss the introduction to Mr Westende's question. He does not appear to have specified precisely what particular complaint he is talking about. Nevertheless, I will respond in general terms on the problem of noise pollution. I start with the question about the answering machine. It is true that there are times when you
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