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monitoring the site, and not only did the Fire Brigade issue an improvement action notice where it was warranted in relation to the tyre stockpile a couple of years ago, it also inspected the Wood Busters site and concluded that the risk was not at a level that required further direct action by them at that time. The Property Group have continued to work with the licensed operator to reduce the amount of the stockpile and, as you can see, that work is ongoing.
But it is worth repeating that the ACT Fire Brigade risk assessment that occurred earlier this year showed that there was no immediate significant risk. So I am confident that steps have been taken by the Fire Brigade, by ACT Property Group and by Territory and Municipal Services to manage the issues at this site. Some of the matters that Mr Coe calls for in his motion are not matters that the government can accept simply because, as I have outlined in my speech, these issues have already been undertaken and action taken by the government. I will be proposing an amendment that reflects that situation, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I now move the amendment circulated in my name on the notice paper to that effect.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Corbell, are you going to move all these together? If so, you need leave to do that.
MR CORBELL: Yes, I seek leave to move the amendments circulated in my name.
Leave granted.
MR CORBELL: I move the amendments circulated in my name together:
(1) Omit subparagraph (1)(e).
(2) Omit paragraph (2), substitute:
“(2) notes:
(a) following an inspection in March 2011, the ACT Fire Brigade (ACTFB) determined that the pallets were not a significant immediate risk;
(b) inspections of the sites identified on 5 May 2010 were conducted by ACT Property Group (ACTPG) on 17 and 29 September 2010, 22 October 2010, 11 and 23 February 2011;
(c) tenants of the Parkwood Estate have been advised orally and in writing of their obligations to properly maintain their sites;
(d) fire management risks at the Parkwood Estate have been monitored by the ACTFB and directions issued, when appropriate, in accordance with the Emergencies Act 2004; and
(e) as existing licenses expire for Parkwood Estate tenancies new licences will be issued with specific requirements for the management of waste stockpiles.”.
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