David ETTERSHANK (Western Metropolitan) (09:50): On Sunday 24 May I was fortunate enough to attend a rally organised by the Sunbury ‘no incinerator’ campaign. It was a big, boisterous gathering with a lot of media in attendance. Sunbury is an amazing township, politically and culturally diverse but with a strong desire to protect its community and fight inappropriate development, such as the proposed Sunbury waste incinerator. And this fighting spirit was well and truly on display at the rally, as speakers from a broad political spectrum, including the local Labor member and the aspiring Liberal member, put aside their differences to condemn the incinerator proposal. Sunbury is already the unwelcome host to 1.5 million tonnes of West Gate Tunnel spoil and has no intention of tolerating an incinerator burning 750,000 tonnes of waste a year, spewing a range of toxic chemicals over homes, schools, shops and kinders. With the incinerator proponent HiQ proposing to lodge their application with the EPA in the next few weeks, this government needs to wake up and smell the fumes. Stop this outrageous proposal or expect to lose the seat of Sunbury in November.