Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Questions without notice and ministers statements
Bulla tip
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Table of contents
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Bills
- Environment Legislation Amendment (Circular Economy and Other Matters) Bill 2022
- Justice Legislation Amendment (Police and Other Matters) Bill 2022
- Justice Legislation Amendment (Sexual Offences and Other Matters) Bill 2022
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Bill 2022
- Residential Tenancies, Housing and Social Services Regulation Amendment (Administration and Other Matters) Bill 2022
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Bills
- Environment Legislation Amendment (Circular Economy and Other Matters) Bill 2022
- Justice Legislation Amendment (Police and Other Matters) Bill 2022
- Justice Legislation Amendment (Sexual Offences and Other Matters) Bill 2022
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Bill 2022
- Residential Tenancies, Housing and Social Services Regulation Amendment (Administration and Other Matters) Bill 2022
Bulla tip
Mr FINN (Western Metropolitan) (12:17): My question without notice is to the minister representing the minister for the environment. Over the past year the area along Sunbury Road between Sunbury and Bulla has been turned from what used to be a green wedge zone providing a rural buffer for the Sunbury township to what can best be described as an environmental disaster area. Bulla tip now looms large on the horizon with a mountain of God knows what. It can be seen from kilometres away, and locals refer to it as Mount Bulla. A huge waste facility has been built to take carcinogenic toxic soil. This facility is, incredibly, opposite new residential developments and adjacent to waterways. Many, many mature gum trees have been lopped to make way for the government’s relocation of a bottleneck on Sunbury Road, and this is still happening today. Minister, how can you possibly look back at what you have done to Sunbury and Bulla and call that a success?
Mr LEANE (Eastern Metropolitan—Minister for Commonwealth Games Legacy, Minister for Veterans) (12:18): Thank you, Mr Finn, for the question. Obviously that is a question for the minister for environment, so I will ensure that she receives Mr Finn’s question and responds in line with what is prescribed in the standing orders.
Mr FINN (Western Metropolitan) (12:18): I thank the minister for his response. My supplementary question is: if the Andrews government is re-elected in November and you, Minister, for some extraordinary and inexplicable reason, retain the environment portfolio, can the people of Melbourne’s west expect more environmental destruction by your hand?
Mr LEANE (Eastern Metropolitan—Minister for Commonwealth Games Legacy, Minister for Veterans) (12:18): I will also make sure Mr Finn’s supplementary question is received by the minister for environment.