Queensland Edition Date: 5 April 2012

John-Paul Langbroek - Minister for (Mansfield) - Assistant A Message for Miners? Education, Training and Employment Minister for Planning Reform

The Mt Isa Magistrates Court today David Gibson - Minister for Police and (Nanango) - Assistant issued the record fine against the Community Safety Minister for Finance, Administration and Regulatory Reform company for an uncontrolled release of - Attorney General and contaminated water from stormwater Minister for Justice David Kempton (Cook) - Assistant ponds into surrounding creeks during Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait - Minister for Transport the 2009 wet season. Islander Affairs and Main Roads Saxon Rice (Mount Coot-tha) - Mr Seeney was acting Environment - Minister for Housing and Assistant Minister for Technical and Minister last week, until Andrew Powell Public Works was appointed Further Education John McVeigh - Minister for Agriculture, Robert Cavallucci ( Central) - Fisheries and Forestry Mr Seeney said the fine should send a Assistant Minister for Multicultural strong message to the mining industry. Andrew Powell - Minister for Affairs. He said it showed that a failure to Environment and Heritage Protection comply with environmental & industry standards would not be tolerated. Andrew Cripps - Minister for Natural Repealing the Waste Levy Resources and Mines The LNP Government strongly Mark McArdle - Minister for Energy One of the first tasks for the new supported the mining industry & and Water Supply Environment Minister – Andrew Powell companies that maintained high will be to repeal the former standards. Mr Seeney said: ‘We - Minister for Local Government’s Waste Levy. While this support those who do the right thing and Government has not happened the cancellation of will hold to account those who do not.’ the Waste Avoidance & Resource - Minister for Communities, Efficiency (WARE) fund & the Child Safety and Disability Services Sustainable Future (SF) Fund has been Meet the Ministers announced. - Minister for Science, IT, Innovation and the Arts The newly elected QLD State The previous Government only recently Government has not yet updated it Steve Dickson - Minister for National introduced a Waste Levy on 1 website/s with details of the new cabinet Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing December 2011. or the departmental changes that are Jann Stuckey - Minister for Tourism, currently taking place. The question is will the new Qld Major Events, Small Business and Government completely eliminate the Commonwealth Games In order to get a handle on a ever waste levy or will it be replaced with changing context of Environmental Law Jack Dempsey - Minister for Aboriginal another. Once the new Treasurer looks in QLD, it would be prudent to attend (or & Torres Strait Islander & Multicultural at the revenue generated from the levy send your colleagues to) ASBG’s one Affairs and Assisting the Premier there will be temptation to keep this day intensive Environmental money stream flowing. Perhaps there ASSISTANT MINISTERS Management Workshop on 18 April may be a new levy covering all wastes? 2012 in South Brisbane. Lisa France (Pumicestone) - Assistant If the levy is totally scrapped then large Minister for Natural Resources and flows of waste from NSW will head The following is a list of the newly Mines north. With a potential gate fee announced Qld State Government difference of around $95/t (the Sydney Cabinet. (Everton) - Assistant levy rate) and $42.40/t at the border, Minister for Sport and Racing one way shipping to SEQ will CABINET MINISTERS Chris Davis (Stafford) - Assistant commence with speed. Perhaps a levy - Premier & Cabinet Minister for Health in SEQ is also on cards? - Deputy Premier & Minister Gavin King (Cairns) - Assistant Minister for State Development, Infrastructure It remains to be seen if the Qld LNP for Tourism and Planning Government will still provide funding for (Chatsworth) -Assistant programs that help establish better - Treasurer and Minister for Minister for Public Transport waste avoidance, resource recovery Trade practices & overall waste management (Southport) - Assistant - Minister for initiatives if a new levy is introduced. Minister for Child Safety Health

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