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Questions and Answers 399 PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES __________ No. 30 __________ LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ____________________ SECOND SESSION OF THE FIFTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT ____________________ TUESDAY 4 APRIL 2000 (The Questions and Answers Paper published for the first sitting day in each week will contain, by number and title, all unanswered questions, together with questions to which answers have been received on the previous sitting and any new questions. On subsequent days, new questions are printed, as are questions to which answers were received the previous day. Consequently the full text of any question will be printed only twice: when notice is given; and, when answered.) Notice given on date shown 400 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Tuesday 4 April 2000 Publication of Question Answer to be lodged by Q&A No. 30 (Including Question Nos 299 to 307) 9 May 2000 401 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Tuesday 4 April 2000 9 NOVEMBER 1999 (Paper No. 19) *124 LOCAL GOVERNMENT—CULTURAL DIVERSITY—Dr Wong asked the Minister for Mineral Resources, and Minister for Fisheries representing the Minister for Local Government, Minister for Regional Development, and Minister for Rural Affairs— (1) What procedures have been put in place to ensure that councils co-ordinate services in accordance with the cultural diversity of the population? (2) What has been done by councils to encourage cross-cultural training to enable staff who work with people from culturally, linguistically and racially diverse backgrounds to develop the appropriate cross-cultural skills? Answer— (1) The Local Government (General) Amendment (Community and Social Plans) Regulation 1998 was introduced to promote a more inclusive community by ensuring that council services are responsive to community need and diversity. The regulation requires that councils: · develop a social or community plan; and · incorporate access and equity activities and programs in their management plan and to report on these in their annual report. The social plan identifies specific policies and action plans for seven mandatory target groups which includes people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. These plans should assist councils in meeting responsibilities relating to the principles of cultural diversity in the Ethnic Affairs Commission Act. Councils must include in their social/community plans, data and information about the needs of particular target groups (which applies to people from diverse and culturally linguistic backgrounds) as well as broad community needs. Including target group information in the social plan will help councils consider a range of recommendations across all their functions and ensure that services benefit a cross-spectrum of their community without overlooking the needs of minority groups. Nine training seminars were organised across New South Wales in July/August 1998 to assist councils to implement the new social/community planning requirements. To introduce and promote these changes in a proactive way, the department prepared guidelines (Social/ Community Planning and Reporting Guidelines) and a manual (Social/Community Planning and Reporting Manual) to assist councils. The manual highlights that the needs of all the mandatory groups should be examined regardless of each group’s estimated numbers within the local government area. The Social/Community Planning and Access and Equity Reporting Guidelines take into account existing council obligations under the Local Government Act and Ethnic Affairs Commission Act (as amended). They also promote the collection of ethnicity data on clients and allocation of funds for EAPS initiatives. Councils are expected to use demographic and client data they collect to identify needs, set strategies accordingly, and prioritise resources. Councils are then expected to report in their annual reports and management plans about activities designed to target people from culturally and diverse backgrounds in accordance with identified needs. From 1998-99 onwards, councils will have to identify in their annual reports which of the three key result areas (i.e., social justice, community harmony, or economic and cultural opportunities) apply for each significant activity or strategy aimed at assisting people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. 402 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Tuesday 4 April 2000 The department will be undertaking an assessment of councils’ Social and Community Plans to ensure councils are complying and determine how well they have complied. The department will be providing feedback to individual councils. When providing advice/guidelines to councils the department will, wherever relevant, incorporate cultural diversity aspects and remind councils of the need to consider the needs of their culturally diverse community. (2) Through the Local Government (General) Amendment (Community and Social Plans) Regulation 1998, and existing council obligations under the Local Government Act and Ethnic Affairs Commission Act (as amended), integration of the principles of the Ethnic Affairs Priorities Statement (EAPS) in all management practices and planning processes within the local government sector, is to be pursued. The development of social and community plans should assist councils, as autonomous bodies, to identify the particular needs of their community and to adopt appropriate strategies to develop relevant skills for their staff. *125 ENVIRONMENT—TURRELLA EXHAUST STACK—Mr Breen asked the Minister for Juvenile Justice, Minister Assisting the Premier on Youth, and Minister Assisting the Minister for the Environment representing the Minister for the Environment, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Corrective Services, and Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts— (1) In relation to the M5 East proposed exhaust tunnel and exhaust stack at Turrella, did Holmes Air Sciences, the air quality consultant for the Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA), state in November 1996 that locating exhaust stacks on ridges rather than in the deeper section of the Wolli Creek Valley would have less adverse impact on local residents? (2) Did the World Road Association (PIARC) state in 1995 that a tunnel air chimney (exhaust stack) situated at the foot of a slope may produce high local concentrations (of pollutants) if the chimney touches an inversion lid which prevents dispersion of exhaust fumes? (3) Is the topography surrounding the M5 East proposed exhaust tunnel and exhaust stack at Turrella unsuitable for an exhaust extraction system because of the concentration of thousands of residents on the perimeter and slopes of a sheltered valley? (4) (a) Were comparative studies undertaken to determine the suitability of the exhaust tunnel and exhaust stack as opposed to the installation of catalytic reduction and absorption equipment or electrostatic precipitators in the M5 East tunnel? (b) If so: (i) Who did these studies? (ii) How rigorous were the studies? (iii) Did the studies include a cost-benefit analysis? (iv) Did the studies take into account current Norwegian developments in the Oslo and Ekeberg tunnels, both of which carry similar amounts of traffic to the proposed M5 East tunnel? (5) Given the decision by the Government to purchase land adjoining the M5 East tunnel for possible later installation of catalytic reduction and absorption equipment or electrostatic precipitators, is it reasonable to undertake a comparative study before further construction of the 900-metre exhaust tunnel and the 25 to 40- metre exhaust stack? (3) Should such a study include a cost-benefit analysis and a health risk analysis that takes into account the long-term effects on public health and air quality? 403 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Tuesday 4 April 2000 (4) (a) Did Mr John Anderson, Senior Project Officer of the RTA, admit at a meeting organised by Rockdale Council on 13 October 1999 that air quality goals in the development consent will not be met? (b) If so: (i) To what extent will the air quality goals not be met? (ii) What will be the additional levels above background for particulate matter, carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen as a result of the operation of the exhaust stack? (iii) What effect will these additional levels of pollutants have on the health of people living in the vicinity of Turrella, Undercliffe, Arncliffe, Earlwood, Bardwell Park and Marrickville? (iv) Will these additional levels of pollutants have a cumulative effect and therefore an exponential adverse impact on the health of local residents? (8) With regard to the wind tunnel testing and modelling of emission dispersions from the proposed M5 East exhaust tunnel and exhaust stack, did the studies allow for: (a) peak volumes of traffic from 80,000 to 100,000 vehicles per day, (b) large numbers of diesel-powered vehicles given the volume of trucks likely to be accessing rail, sea and air freight terminals through the tunnel, (c) uneven gradients in the tunnel insofar as they affect vehicle emissions, (d) congestion in the tunnel during peak hours or as a consequence of motor vehicle accidents, (e) the effect on the “fresh air intake” of increased ambient levels of pollution resulting from the exhaust stack, and (f) the proposed construction of a large number of high-rise apartment blocks at north Arncliffe within 500 metres of the exhaust stack? Answer— (1) The report states that “Ideally the stacks should be located on high ground. This results in the emission being better
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