Cleaner Vehicle Action Plan

Ms LEE RHIANNON: I direct my question to the Minister for Roads. Why has the Government not honoured the Premier's promise, made almost four years ago in November 2001, to introduce a cleaner vehicle action plan, including stamp duty reductions on new clean cars? How can the Minister justify continuing to issue media releases to get his treasured Daily Telegraph headlines—

The Hon. Michael Costa: Oh!

Ms LEE RHIANNON: Well, you did well today. The media releases fool the public into thinking that the Minister is acting on greenhouse—

The Hon. John Della Bosca: How many did you get out of 10, Lee?

Ms LEE RHIANNON: How many did I get? I got 10 out of 10, including the one about running over cyclists. The Minister is failing to follow through and do the work he promised.

The Hon. MICHAEL COSTA: I do not know what the honourable member was referring to when she said I did well today: I do well every day. One thing this Government cannot be accused of is not taking the environment seriously. In fact, some of us in Government think at times that some measures deal with important problems and need to be dealt with in an holistic way. I am sure the environment movement, other than the Greens, who are not environmentalists—we all know that the Greens are really political opportunists—would acknowledge that fact. Air standards and air quality have become better in Sydney over the past decade, and that has been generally acknowledged. The Government can be very proud of its record in those areas.