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What is the cost per tonne of recycling under the (a) Container Deposit Scheme and (b) standard kerbside recycling scheme.

Mr Steel: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(a) The Container Deposit Scheme is fully funded by beverage suppliers and costs are calculated by container. These costs can be found at www.actcds.com.au

(b) The cost per tonne of recycling under the standard kerbside recycling scheme is $220.58 per tonne

Waste—audits
(Question No 3045)

Ms Le Couteur asked the Minister for Recycling and Waste Reduction, upon notice, on 5 June 2020:

How often are waste audits conducted and are the results public; if not, why not.

Mr Steel: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

Full waste stream audits are commissioned by ACT NoWaste every three to five years. Final reports are published at www.cityservices.act.gov.au

Hospitals—surgical beds and operating theatres
(Question No 3054)

Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for Health, upon notice, on 19 June 2020:

(1) How many operating theatres were provided in (a) each public hospital in Canberra and (b) private hospitals across Canberra, as at the date this question was published in the Questions on Notice Paper.

(2) How many surgical beds were provided in (a) each public hospital in Canberra and (b) private hospitals across Canberra, as at the date this question was published in the Questions on Notice Paper.

(3) If data is not collected in relation to numbers of operating theatres and surgical beds in private hospitals across Canberra, what is the Government’s best knowledge of the respective figures.

(4) How many (a) operating theatres and (b) surgical beds, will be provided in each public hospital in Canberra by the end of 2025.

(5) What studies and modelling exercises have been undertaken, are underway, or are planned as to operating theatre and surgical bed requirements in Canberra’s public hospitals beyond 2025 and what quanta of operating theatre and surgical bed requirements emerged from those studies and modelling exercises.


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