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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 4 Hansard (6 May) . . Page.. 995 ..

I hope that the situation that occurred on this occasion will not arise again. There are other issues raised in the Braddon Residents Association's letter which I am not comfortable with at this point, in terms of the answers being provided to me, and I will certainly investigate those as a matter of urgency.

MR MOORE: I have a supplementary question, Mr Speaker. You said you would investigate those as a matter of urgency. Would you also indicate that you will bring the results of your investigation back to the Assembly?

MR HUMPHRIES: Yes.

MS HORODNY: My question is directed to the Chief Minister. She recently announced that the two main buildings on Acton Peninsula were going to be blown up and that the rubble would be transported to Fairbairn Park to make mounds around the racing tracks there. In deciding to blow the buildings up, rather than dismantle and recycle them, did the Minister conduct a cost-benefit analysis which included consideration of the jobs that could have been created by a dismantling and recycling approach and the economic benefits that could have flowed to ACT-based recycling industries? Can the Minister explain how her decision could possibly be consistent with her rhetoric of concern for job creation and her Government's own waste management strategy?

MRS CARNELL: Ms Horodny may need a briefing on this because she is obviously somewhat misguided, but that would not be the first time. Ms Horodny may be aware that there are different demolition methods being used in different parts of Acton Peninsula. There are different contractors doing different bits, depending on the cost-benefit analysis of how the demolition should be done in the case of particular buildings.

Ms McRae: Would you answer the question.

MRS CARNELL: That is exactly what she asked.

Ms McRae: No; she asked whether the analysis was done before the demolition.

MR SPEAKER: Order, Ms McRae! Ms Horodny asked the question.

MRS CARNELL: The answer is yes, we did, via tenders and so on, determine which was the most cost-effective way to bring buildings down and to recycle as much as possible. A number of the buildings are being dismantled. In fact, most of the reusable things, such as, just recently, the doors on the tower block, have been removed and taken to Revolve. If you go into the tower block now you will find most of the internal areas have been gutted. The things that can be used internally have been removed and are being recycled, either by Revolve or by other methods.

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