Page 2182 - Week 07 - Thursday, 27 August 2020
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Waste—Belconnen facility proposed closure—petition 23-20
MS LE COUTEUR (Murrumbidgee) (9.44): I seek leave to table an out-of-order petition along the same lines as the in-order petition I just presented.
Leave granted.
MS LE COUTEUR: I table the following out-of-order petition:
Petition which does not conform with the standing orders—West Belconnen Resource Management Centre (19 signatures).
I became aware of this petition only yesterday. It is a petition for waste facilities from Belconnen, and, clearly, I am not a member for that area. However, I am very pleased to use my position here as a member to table the petition because I think that petitions are incredibly useful for communities. In the debate today we have just heard about another Belconnen issue. Petitions are an important way in which the community can tell all of us here what they would like to see happen.
The petition is about waste facilities. Without knowing the ins and outs of the particular issues in Belconnen, I and the Greens are in favour of very good waste-processing facilities for Belconnen and everywhere.
Parking—disabled access—petition 20-20
Traffic—management—petition 19-20
Arts—Live in Ya Lounge—petition 21-20
Waste—proposed Fyshwick facility—petition 22-20
MS LEE (Kurrajong) (9.45): Each of the four petitions that I tabled this morning has great merit, but apart from the fact that they have the word “petition” at the top, they have something else in common: each demonstrates a failure of this Labor-Greens government—a failure to act, to listen, to plan, to do.
The two Watson petitions are pleas from a local community who have seen their suburb grow and seen their local shops get busier but without a safe crossing on Windeyer Street to get to the shops or sufficient disability parking for those who need it. I thank the Watson pharmacist, Grace Kang, for raising the concerns of her patients with mobility issues impacted by the lack of disability parking outside the pharmacy and for raising with me her and her neighbours’ need for a safe crossing to get to the shops. I also thank the team at the Knox for hosting the petition.
The Live in Ya Lounge petition is one that impacts every ACT electorate and every Canberran. It was started by a very talented Canberra actor, Lexi Sekuless, who wanted to do something to keep Canberrans engaged and upbeat during the COVID-19 crisis—and, of course, her team. Live in Ya Lounge was created in March by a local audiovisual company, Event AV Services. They created a livestreamed music program to keep events happening safely in Canberra to support the live music industry.
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