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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 7 Hansard (24 June) . . Page.. 1966 ..

MR HUMPHRIES: Mr Speaker, I really appeal for some assistance in being able to complete this answer.

MR SPEAKER: Continue, Mr Humphries. I am finding it difficult to hear all of your answer. You may have to repeat some of it.

MR HUMPHRIES: I repeat, Mr Speaker, that this is a matter for the whole Assembly, and members need to address their concerns about this issue to that legislation. I will be writing to members again - - -

Mr Berry: You will not make a decision on anything, will you?

MR SPEAKER: Order!

MR HUMPHRIES: I will be writing to members again, asking them to reconsider previously taken positions in this debate and asking that we be able to put to the Assembly a position that will attract support. Members might be happy for me to put forward legislation which I know is going to be defeated; but the weakness in that approach, of course, is that we end up with those who have appealed for that to occur - in this case, the Chief Justice and the Director of Public Prosecutions - being embarrassed by having their views directly rebuffed by the Assembly. I would rather not put those important officers of the justice system in any embarrassing position. Therefore, I am going to ask members to consider separately, apart from this chamber, the position that has been outlined by those officers in this way.

MS HORODNY: My question is to the Chief Minister, Mrs Carnell, and it relates to the media release that she put out today that said that the ACT Government is assisting the Master Builders Association with a major study on the recycling of demolition material in the ACT. Mrs Carnell, I am very pleased to see that you agree that not enough recycling of rubble material goes on in the ACT at the moment. In your media release, you say that your Waste Management Unit is establishing a recycling estate in Hume that will take waste directly. In May of this year, the Assembly passed a motion calling on the Government to undertake a study into establishing a waste collection centre and recycling estate at Mitchell. There is also a major building waste recycling facility at Pialligo which has been operating for some years and has scope for upgrading. So, why is the Government pursuing a recycling estate at Hume and not following up these other options?

MRS CARNELL: The proposal for Hume, as I understand it - and I will certainly get some more information back to Ms Horodny on this one - is somewhat broader in its concept. Recycling is not just about building wastes, Ms Horodny, as you would be well aware. I understand that the Pialligo facility is really quite specific in the sort of waste that it can take. We have now had a quite large number of very interesting

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