Constituency questions
Southern Metropolitan Region
John BERGER (Southern Metropolitan) (12:43): (509) My question is for the new Minister for Environment Minister Dimopoulos. Can the minister please provide an update on the rollout of the Allan Labor government’s container deposit scheme across the electorates of Hawthorn, Kew, Malvern and Prahran? Our government is embarking on the most convenient and accessible beverage container recycling scheme in Australia, and it begins today, allowing Victorians to recycle their used drink cans, bottles and cartons for up to a 10-cent refund and reducing Victoria’s litter by up to half. It will create new economic opportunities like 645 new jobs, and I am proud to be a member of a government that is committed to the most ambitious recycling strategy in our state’s history. Supported by our record investment of $515 million, Recycling Victoria: A New Economy laid out this strategy for a state with less pollution and waste and a better system. Like the introduction of the purple bin, we are constantly coming up with ways to modernise, and I am proud to be part of it.