❓ Hon. Tjorn Sibma questions the Minister for Environment regarding the rationale behind fast-tracking the single-use plastics plan, inquiring about changes that justified the expedited timeline and requesting information on the decision-making process. The Minister was unable to provide an immediate answer.
AnsweredQoN 923Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS
923. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the minister representing the
Minister for Environment:
I
refer to the minister's media statement of 13 June 2021 in which she
announced that the plan for plastics developed by the Department of Water and
Environmental Regulation and unveiled by her predecessor, Hon Stephen Dawson, in November 2020, would be fast-tracked by four years.
(1) What industrial technological, logistical and/or
economic change has occurred in the domain of single-u se plastics from
November last year to June this year that would allow the plan to be so rapidly
expedited?
(2) When did the minister make the decision to
fast-track the plan and upon whose advice was the decision made?
(3) If the
decision was informed by a departmental briefing or other formal advice, can
the minister please table that information?
923. Hon TJORN SIBMA to the minister representing the
Minister for Environment:
I
refer to the minister's media statement of 13 June 2021 in which she
announced that the plan for plastics developed by the Department of Water and
Environmental Regulation and unveiled by her predecessor, Hon Stephen Dawson, in November 2020, would be fast-tracked by four years.
(1) What industrial technological, logistical and/or
economic change has occurred in the domain of single-u se plastics from
November last year to June this year that would allow the plan to be so rapidly
expedited?
(2) When did the minister make the decision to
fast-track the plan and upon whose advice was the decision made?
(3) If the
decision was informed by a departmental briefing or other formal advice, can
the minister please table that information?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of the question.
Honourable member, I did see the
question yesterday but it is not in my file today. Hopefully, the advisers are
watching and if there is an answer, I will provide it later in the day.
of the question.
Honourable member, I did see the
question yesterday but it is not in my file today. Hopefully, the advisers are
watching and if there is an answer, I will provide it later in the day.
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