Thursday, 15 August 2019

 Mr FINN (Western Metropolitan) (12:54): My constituency question is to the Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change. I recently met with representatives of the Anti-Toxic Waste Alliance to discuss their very real concerns about the threats faced by residents of Melbourne’s west of toxic waste dumps, and in particular horrendous fires when these dumps, many of them secret, explode into life. I think it is safe to say that these members of the alliance were pleasantly surprised by my ready support for removing the dangers of which they spoke. Thousands of my constituents live under constant threat of the sort of horror we saw in Tottenham, and a huge issue is that most of them are not even aware of it. Minister, what are you doing to clear the western suburbs of these toxic waste dumps and ensure the safety of my constituents?