Richmond electorate
Gabrielle DE VIETRI (Richmond) (14:48): (546) My question is for the Minister for Environment. Constituents have contacted me about the Clifton Hill container deposit machine. One tried six different machines before trying Clifton Hill; none of them were functional. Another constituent had checked the app before visiting to make sure it was open, and after travelling with 50 containers found it to be out of order. In the short time I was there about 10 people came to use the machine only to have to be turned away. It is not just Clifton Hill. In Richmond and Abbotsford over-the-counter operators are turning people away. In Ivanhoe, Box Hill, Highett, Lakes Entrance, Mernda, Springvale and South Yarra the machines are often out of order. Some say the dysfunction is intentional. Minister, the Clifton Hill drop-off point, like many, is failing. What is being done to fix it?