❓ The Minister announces a new community engagement program and technical assistance grants for resource recovery projects, addressing concerns about past exclusion of the community in evaluating such proposals.
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The minister may be aware that under the previous Government, industry was eligible for funding grants for resource recovery projects such as waste to energy projects. However, the community was not eligible for funding to critically evaluate these same proposals. Given the high level of public concern over waste to energy projects and other waste recycling issues, what action has the minister taken to ensure that the community will be fully and effectively engaged in any consultation over future resource recovery projects, including waste to energy proposals? Dr J.M. EDWARDS
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I thank the member for his question and his interest in this area of waste management. Earlier this year, the Government established a new waste management board with the aim of providing the Government with high level strategic advice about some of the waste management issues that the community faces. For a number of months the board has been working on a project that examines engaging the community in the selection of sites for waste management proposals, including hazardous waste sites. The board will soon announce a community engagement program that involves the community in deciding where hazardous waste sites and other waste proposals are sited. This is an issue that is of concern to the member in his electorate and also other members. In addition, I am pleased to announce today that the Government has initiated a new program of technical assistance grants. These grants will now be available to the community - one grant per project - to get independent technical advice when a resource recovery project or a waste to energy project is proposed in a certain area. We are determined that the community will be engaged in these processes. Therefore, we have recently gazetted an alteration to the waste management and recycling fund allowing the community to gain access to these grants. The community must be properly engaged, which has not happened in the past. We are determined that this should happen and these grants will be a valuable tool in allowing community engagement with high level independent advice that can be put in as part of the process.
Dr J.M. EDWARDS replied: I thank the member for his question and his interest in this area of waste management. Earlier this year, the Government established a new waste management board with the aim of providing the Government with high level strategic advice about some of the waste management issues that the community faces. For a number of months the board has been working on a project that examines engaging the community in the selection of sites for waste management proposals, including hazardous waste sites. The board will soon announce a community engagement program that involves the community in deciding where hazardous waste sites and other waste proposals are sited. This is an issue that is of concern to the member in his electorate and also other members. In addition, I am pleased to announce today that the Government has initiated a new program of technical assistance grants. These grants will now be available to the community - one grant per project - to get independent technical advice when a resource recovery project or a waste to energy project is proposed in a certain area. We are determined that the community will be engaged in these processes. Therefore, we have recently gazetted an alteration to the waste management and recycling fund allowing the community to gain access to these grants. The community must be properly engaged, which has not happened in the past. We are determined that this should happen and these grants will be a valuable tool in allowing community engagement with high level independent advice that can be put in as part of the process.
I thank the member for his question and his interest in this area of waste management. Earlier this year, the Government established a new waste management board with the aim of providing the Government with high level strategic advice about some of the waste management issues that the community faces. For a number of months the board has been working on a project that examines engaging the community in the selection of sites for waste management proposals, including hazardous waste sites. The board will soon announce a community engagement program that involves the community in deciding where hazardous waste sites and other waste proposals are sited. This is an issue that is of concern to the member in his electorate and also other members. In addition, I am pleased to announce today that the Government has initiated a new program of technical assistance grants. These grants will now be available to the community - one grant per project - to get independent technical advice when a resource recovery project or a waste to energy project is proposed in a certain area. We are determined that the community will be engaged in these processes. Therefore, we have recently gazetted an alteration to the waste management and recycling fund allowing the community to gain access to these grants. The community must be properly engaged, which has not happened in the past. We are determined that this should happen and these grants will be a valuable tool in allowing community engagement with high level independent advice that can be put in as part of the process.
In addition, I am pleased to announce today that the Government has initiated a new program of technical assistance grants. These grants will now be available to the community - one grant per project - to get independent technical advice when a resource recovery project or a waste to energy project is proposed in a certain area. We are determined that the community will be engaged in these processes. Therefore, we have recently gazetted an alteration to the waste management and recycling fund allowing the community to gain access to these grants. The community must be properly engaged, which has not happened in the past. We are determined that this should happen and these grants will be a valuable tool in allowing community engagement with high level independent advice that can be put in as part of the process.
Dr J.M. EDWARDS replied: I thank the member for his question and his interest in this area of waste management. Earlier this year, the Government established a new waste management board with the aim of providing the Government with high level strategic advice about some of the waste management issues that the community faces. For a number of months the board has been working on a project that examines engaging the community in the selection of sites for waste management proposals, including hazardous waste sites. The board will soon announce a community engagement program that involves the community in deciding where hazardous waste sites and other waste proposals are sited. This is an issue that is of concern to the member in his electorate and also other members. In addition, I am pleased to announce today that the Government has initiated a new program of technical assistance grants. These grants will now be available to the community - one grant per project - to get independent technical advice when a resource recovery project or a waste to energy project is proposed in a certain area. We are determined that the community will be engaged in these processes. Therefore, we have recently gazetted an alteration to the waste management and recycling fund allowing the community to gain access to these grants. The community must be properly engaged, which has not happened in the past. We are determined that this should happen and these grants will be a valuable tool in allowing community engagement with high level independent advice that can be put in as part of the process.
I thank the member for his question and his interest in this area of waste management. Earlier this year, the Government established a new waste management board with the aim of providing the Government with high level strategic advice about some of the waste management issues that the community faces. For a number of months the board has been working on a project that examines engaging the community in the selection of sites for waste management proposals, including hazardous waste sites. The board will soon announce a community engagement program that involves the community in deciding where hazardous waste sites and other waste proposals are sited. This is an issue that is of concern to the member in his electorate and also other members. In addition, I am pleased to announce today that the Government has initiated a new program of technical assistance grants. These grants will now be available to the community - one grant per project - to get independent technical advice when a resource recovery project or a waste to energy project is proposed in a certain area. We are determined that the community will be engaged in these processes. Therefore, we have recently gazetted an alteration to the waste management and recycling fund allowing the community to gain access to these grants. The community must be properly engaged, which has not happened in the past. We are determined that this should happen and these grants will be a valuable tool in allowing community engagement with high level independent advice that can be put in as part of the process.
In addition, I am pleased to announce today that the Government has initiated a new program of technical assistance grants. These grants will now be available to the community - one grant per project - to get independent technical advice when a resource recovery project or a waste to energy project is proposed in a certain area. We are determined that the community will be engaged in these processes. Therefore, we have recently gazetted an alteration to the waste management and recycling fund allowing the community to gain access to these grants. The community must be properly engaged, which has not happened in the past. We are determined that this should happen and these grants will be a valuable tool in allowing community engagement with high level independent advice that can be put in as part of the process.
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