❓ The Minister acknowledges community concerns regarding the Neerabup waste treatment facility and highlights the government's support through technical assistance grants, specifically mentioning the Carramar community group's successful application to engage experts from Murdoch University.
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The selection of the appropriate technology for the proposed new regional waste treatment facility at the Neerabup industrial estate, north of Wanneroo, has caused a great deal of community concern. As the minister would appreciate, this is a technical and complex field, and the community must be assisted in evaluating the preferred technology. Can the minister advise how this Government has helped the community make better, more informed decisions about waste management through resource recovery? Dr J.M. EDWARDS
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I thank the member for her question and also for her interest in this area. Her question underpins an important principle of government; that is, the right of communities to know about what is going on and to participate in those processes. I am very pleased to acknowledge the member’s work in securing the State’s first technical assistance grant for a group in her electorate that is concerned with the proposal she has just referred to. We have established technical assistance grants to enable communities to buy their own technical expertise and input to assess a resource-recovery project in their local area, and the Carramar community group was recently successful in obtaining the first technical assistance grant to deal with the proposal for the Neerabup industrial area. The funding will allow the community to employ consultants it has identified from the Centre for Organic Waste Management at Murdoch University to provide high-level advice on matters such as air quality, noise, maintenance and sustainability. The member for Wanneroo has advocated very strongly for her community throughout this process. I am delighted that the Carramar community has received the first grant, and I look forward to many more grants being made available.
Dr J.M. EDWARDS replied: I thank the member for her question and also for her interest in this area. Her question underpins an important principle of government; that is, the right of communities to know about what is going on and to participate in those processes. I am very pleased to acknowledge the member’s work in securing the State’s first technical assistance grant for a group in her electorate that is concerned with the proposal she has just referred to. We have established technical assistance grants to enable communities to buy their own technical expertise and input to assess a resource-recovery project in their local area, and the Carramar community group was recently successful in obtaining the first technical assistance grant to deal with the proposal for the Neerabup industrial area. The funding will allow the community to employ consultants it has identified from the Centre for Organic Waste Management at Murdoch University to provide high-level advice on matters such as air quality, noise, maintenance and sustainability. The member for Wanneroo has advocated very strongly for her community throughout this process. I am delighted that the Carramar community has received the first grant, and I look forward to many more grants being made available.
I thank the member for her question and also for her interest in this area. Her question underpins an important principle of government; that is, the right of communities to know about what is going on and to participate in those processes. I am very pleased to acknowledge the member’s work in securing the State’s first technical assistance grant for a group in her electorate that is concerned with the proposal she has just referred to. We have established technical assistance grants to enable communities to buy their own technical expertise and input to assess a resource-recovery project in their local area, and the Carramar community group was recently successful in obtaining the first technical assistance grant to deal with the proposal for the Neerabup industrial area. The funding will allow the community to employ consultants it has identified from the Centre for Organic Waste Management at Murdoch University to provide high-level advice on matters such as air quality, noise, maintenance and sustainability. The member for Wanneroo has advocated very strongly for her community throughout this process. I am delighted that the Carramar community has received the first grant, and I look forward to many more grants being made available.
Dr J.M. EDWARDS replied: I thank the member for her question and also for her interest in this area. Her question underpins an important principle of government; that is, the right of communities to know about what is going on and to participate in those processes. I am very pleased to acknowledge the member’s work in securing the State’s first technical assistance grant for a group in her electorate that is concerned with the proposal she has just referred to. We have established technical assistance grants to enable communities to buy their own technical expertise and input to assess a resource-recovery project in their local area, and the Carramar community group was recently successful in obtaining the first technical assistance grant to deal with the proposal for the Neerabup industrial area. The funding will allow the community to employ consultants it has identified from the Centre for Organic Waste Management at Murdoch University to provide high-level advice on matters such as air quality, noise, maintenance and sustainability. The member for Wanneroo has advocated very strongly for her community throughout this process. I am delighted that the Carramar community has received the first grant, and I look forward to many more grants being made available.
I thank the member for her question and also for her interest in this area. Her question underpins an important principle of government; that is, the right of communities to know about what is going on and to participate in those processes. I am very pleased to acknowledge the member’s work in securing the State’s first technical assistance grant for a group in her electorate that is concerned with the proposal she has just referred to. We have established technical assistance grants to enable communities to buy their own technical expertise and input to assess a resource-recovery project in their local area, and the Carramar community group was recently successful in obtaining the first technical assistance grant to deal with the proposal for the Neerabup industrial area. The funding will allow the community to employ consultants it has identified from the Centre for Organic Waste Management at Murdoch University to provide high-level advice on matters such as air quality, noise, maintenance and sustainability. The member for Wanneroo has advocated very strongly for her community throughout this process. I am delighted that the Carramar community has received the first grant, and I look forward to many more grants being made available.
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