Page 1338 - Week 05 - Thursday, 18 June 2020
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minister is responsible for addressing the smell from the Mugga Lane Resource Management Centre that is troubling Tuggeranong residents yet again?
MR BARR: I think the issue here relates to identifying the source of the particular odour and then, were that to be identified, how it would be rectified. This matter has been the subject of a detailed amount of work from various government agencies. That process continues. There will be—
Ms Lawder: Which minister is it?
MR BARR: It would not be one single minister who would have complete—
Mr Wall interjecting—
Mr Coe interjecting—
MADAM SPEAKER: Mr Wall! Mr Coe!
Mr Parton: How many ministers does it take?
MR BARR: If it is not already apparent to the opposition, there are a number of different, overlapping responsibilities relating to this matter. It may well be that a solution is not possible.
MS LAWDER: Chief Minister, if your ministers cannot give a clear and consistent result and response to constituents about fixing the problem, how can residents in Tuggeranong have any faith that anything will ever be done to stop the smell?
MR BARR: As I indicated in my previous answer, it may be that there is no solution. There may be no solution. Extensive work has been undertaken. The issue has been examined extensively. Further work will be undertaken, but it may be that there is no solution.
I ask that all further questions be placed on the notice paper.
Supplementary answers to questions without notice
Housing—community
MR WALL: Under standing order 47, I wish to make a brief statement. Earlier in question time, the Deputy Chief Minister made the assertion that the opposition was calling for less public housing to be constructed. I ask that she get her facts straight. The issue relating to the petition this morning was merely that the planning and development of public housing properties be done in accordance with the Planning Act.
My colleagues and I and no member of the community in Chisholm have made any assertion that less public housing should be built, and that is a remarkable stance, given the concentration of public housing that exists in this part of Tuggeranong already, having probably one of the highest concentrations of any area in
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