Mr KIELY - 2004-02-19
On 7 March, I, along with Mick Riley, Jenny Russell and lotsmany of other community-minded people of Sanderson, and many Territorians, will be out in force picking up rubbish for Clean Up Australia Day. What initiatives is the Martin Labor government implementing to support the goal of reducing litter?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for his question, and I hope that all other members in the House will be participating on 7 March. Last year, my predecessor announced this government’s approach to litter and recycling by adopting a comprehensive Litter Abatement and Resource Recovery Strategy. An important aim of the strategy is to revitalise the way government, community and industry work together on litter and recycling issues.
To this end, the strategy foreshadowed the formation of a Litter Abatement Advisory Committee. The committee will oversee the implementation of a Community Grants Scheme established under the strategy and will provide me with grass roots advice on litter and recycling issues.
I am pleased to announce that I have now appointed members to the Litter Abatement Advisory Committee. The committee will be chaired by Louise Fuller, who has extensive experience in local government and resource management issues across the Territory. Other members of the committee are: Glenn Marshall from Alice Springs, who is the Acting Coordinator of the Arid Lands Environment Centre and Director of the Centre for Sustainable Arid Towns; David Mitchell from Nhulunbuy, who has been active in local litter clean up programs with indigenous groups; Andrew Haniford from Darwin, who works with Carlton and United Brewery and was nominated by the Beverage Industry Environment Council; Moira McCreesh from Katherine, who is experienced in indigenous health issues in remote communities; and Charlie King from Darwin, who is a board member of Keep Australia Beautiful.
I will shortly be calling for applications for the Community Grants Program, and I anticipate some exciting projects coming forward. The committee’s initial focus will be to get grant applications assessed and, as I understand it, those advertisementss will appear in the Northern Territory News on Saturday. The beverage industry is also directly spending another $250 000 this financial year on projects across the Territory such as public place recycling trials.
Implementation of the strategy will be expedited by the appointment of a full-time Litter Abatement Officer, Miss Sharman Lewis, with whom I met at lunch time today and who commenced work with the Office of Environment and Heritage at the beginning of this month. Miss Lewis will support the committee and work on a number of important legislative reviews under the strategy.
While I cannot say that clean ups will be a thing of the past, I am confident that implementation of the strategy will see tangible improvements in litter hotspots.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for his question, and I hope that all other members in the House will be participating on 7 March. Last year, my predecessor announced this government’s approach to litter and recycling by adopting a comprehensive Litter Abatement and Resource Recovery Strategy. An important aim of the strategy is to revitalise the way government, community and industry work together on litter and recycling issues.
To this end, the strategy foreshadowed the formation of a Litter Abatement Advisory Committee. The committee will oversee the implementation of a Community Grants Scheme established under the strategy and will provide me with grass roots advice on litter and recycling issues.
I am pleased to announce that I have now appointed members to the Litter Abatement Advisory Committee. The committee will be chaired by Louise Fuller, who has extensive experience in local government and resource management issues across the Territory. Other members of the committee are: Glenn Marshall from Alice Springs, who is the Acting Coordinator of the Arid Lands Environment Centre and Director of the Centre for Sustainable Arid Towns; David Mitchell from Nhulunbuy, who has been active in local litter clean up programs with indigenous groups; Andrew Haniford from Darwin, who works with Carlton and United Brewery and was nominated by the Beverage Industry Environment Council; Moira McCreesh from Katherine, who is experienced in indigenous health issues in remote communities; and Charlie King from Darwin, who is a board member of Keep Australia Beautiful.
I will shortly be calling for applications for the Community Grants Program, and I anticipate some exciting projects coming forward. The committee’s initial focus will be to get grant applications assessed and, as I understand it, those advertisementss will appear in the Northern Territory News on Saturday. The beverage industry is also directly spending another $250 000 this financial year on projects across the Territory such as public place recycling trials.
Implementation of the strategy will be expedited by the appointment of a full-time Litter Abatement Officer, Miss Sharman Lewis, with whom I met at lunch time today and who commenced work with the Office of Environment and Heritage at the beginning of this month. Miss Lewis will support the committee and work on a number of important legislative reviews under the strategy.
While I cannot say that clean ups will be a thing of the past, I am confident that implementation of the strategy will see tangible improvements in litter hotspots.
Last updated: 09 Aug 2016