Media release

16-7-07

Local Greens to Pressure for Resolution to Orica HCB Waste Issue

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The Greens are moving to pressure the State Government for a solution to the Orica HCB Waste Issue.

Greens Councillor Murray Matson will move at the next meeting that fellow Councillor and Labor MP for Maroubra Michael Daley be asked to clarify the States position and history on the issue.

Cr Matson’s motion reads as follows.

That Council will write to the MP for Marourba requesting answers to the following questions concerning the State Government’s plans for dealing with the HCB waste on the Orica site:

1) Will you accept responsibility on behalf of the Labor State Government for the many years of inaction on the HCB waste issue at Orica.

2) Did the State Government have a fall back option prepared in case the German plan for the removal of the HCB collapsed as it subsequently did.

3) Will you now move to initiate the alignment of state and federal Government support for the assessing of alternative destruction sites within Australia and the allocation of money for any required facility upgrades.

4) What discussions have you had with Peter Garret the Federal Member for Kingsford-Smith or on options for resolving the HCB waste issue at Orica.