As in previous years, considerable contact with Councils was maintained through correspondence and visits by officers of the Coast Protection Division for consultation and site inspection.

We have a problem with the Inman River, which I guess is my principle concern: the amount of effluent water that dumps into the Inman, and from pretty much a few weeks ago until later on in the year when it occasionally bursts out into the sea, it stinks; it's rotten.

We have a problem with the Inman River, which I guess is my principle concern: the amount of effluent water that dumps into the Inman, and from pretty much a few weeks ago until later on in the year when it occasionally bursts out into the sea, it stinks; it's rotten.

t 1 110 . 25 FIRE STATISTICS SUMMARY Fire Causes 1989/90 1988/89 1987/88 1986/87 Rural Not Recorded 195 159 221 192 Not Known 617 421 525 483 Arson 387 216 238 55 Electrical Fault 28 14 28 19 Cigarette /Matches 58 50 66 28 Burning Off 578 300 396 376 Rekindle 252 158 176 130 Children /Matches 151 115 114 111 Incinerators 59 55 57 82 Rubbish Heaps 76 113 51 93 Rubbish Dumps 45 47 23 42 Vehicle /Crash /Defect 23 29 22 18 Trains - Brake Shoes 37 23 59 36 Rains - Exhaust 8 5 9 12 Campfire - Wood /Barbecue 108 90 99 71 Gas and Electric Appliances 6 5 9 8 Spontaneous Combustion 45 48 31 17 Machine Defects 67 30 59 84 Power Lines 52 44 22 35 Exhaust /Spark Arrester 83 42 58 28 Welders /Cutters 87 75 71 73 Slashers /Mowers 135 38 56 55 Lightning 215 103 396 211 Others 69 43 53 27 Total Rural 3,381 2,223 2,839 2,286 Structural Not Recorded 33 27 13 19 Not Known 62 61 53 51 Arson 29 25 22 22 Electrical Fault 107 97 79 84 Cigarettes /Matches 19 15 20 10 Kitchen

On the Order of the Day being read for the adjourned debate on the question - That the Environment Protection (Site Contamination) Amendment Bill be now read a second time: ????????????????

ERDC 17/10/06 Agenda Item 3-3 Observations Based on the extensive travel in coastal regions, the following comments am offered . 1 Many rubbish dumps (waste depots) have been located near the coast .

Rubbish dumps No person shall interfere with, remove or take away any rubbish that has been discarded at any rubbish dump on local government land without the permission of Council or its appointed contractor or agent; 25I725/P5K0801203 -7- 9.