North-Eastern Metropolitan Region
Matthew BACH (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:40): (134) Cleanliness is next to godliness, and the Eastern Freeway is practically satanic. I recently received correspondence from one of our constituents called Marnie. Marnie travels every day along the Eastern Freeway, as I do – perhaps not every day, but regularly I travel along the Eastern Freeway – and she has been struck by just how much trash there is along the side of the freeway. Obviously this is bad for the environment. It is unpleasant to look at, but it is also dangerous. I have regularly witnessed cars swerving to get around the trash in a way that is clearly dangerous. It is interesting to note that as soon as you get onto the private part of the road, things become much cleaner. I want to applaud ConnectEast for the way that they keep their section of the road, but I will ask the minister this – the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, that is – why won’t your department apply the same level of diligence as ConnectEast for the public portion of the Eastern Freeway?