South-Eastern Metropolitan Region
Ann-Marie HERMANS (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:53): (1385) My question is to the Minister for Environment, and I ask the minister: what action are you taking to oppose the construction of a waste transfer station at 290 Hallam Road, Hampton Park? Planning permission was granted before councils had been elected and sworn in and before the rezoning was approved by the Minister for Planning. While there is current litigation by the Environment Protection Authority, the EPA, against Veolia for serious breaches, last night it was revealed that the proposed facility will be just 54 metres from a residential zoning area, which could mean it is within 60 metres of family homes, and it will be in the middle of a densely populated residential area. Residents have not been properly informed. Those who have been are extremely concerned about the serious adverse environmental and social impacts from processing 550,000 tonnes of putrescible and inert waste each year, and the Labor state government are ignoring constituents’ concerns.