Legislative Council - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
2025-09-04 Daily Xml

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Container Deposit Scheme

The Hon. R.A. SIMMS (14:26): Supplementary arising from the original answer: is the minister aware that expanding to include more types of beverages is estimated to divert at least 27,000 tonnes of material from landfill every year as a result of the proposed changes?

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (14:26): I thank the honourable member for his supplementary question. It is a strong point, and I suppose we shouldn't be surprised that those opposite are yet again going with the way that they are. They are obviously not concerned about the environment. We know that some of them are—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: —climate change deniers. So I can only assume this is a good part of their—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: —internal shenanigans that they have so often in trying to work out the internal factional issues.