00:00Environment Minister Leanne Linard was trying to announce tougher laws on landfill operators
00:07in Ipswich, but was interrupted.
00:10How would you like to wake up every morning and have your head down the toilet and vomit?
00:16No windows open during the day.
00:19So you kept all this quiet from Stop the Sting, this presser today.
00:25I've heard your concerns before, we've spoken before, I attended your community meeting
00:28And what have you done since then?
00:31Tracey Butler from Stop the Sting Action Group says no one in the community was informed
00:36the changes were coming.
00:37New or expanding compost facilities that are receiving odorous waste must be in vessel
00:43or enclosed.
00:44Waste companies in breach of the new regulations could be fined $1 million or face up to five
00:50years in prison.
00:52They will give the environmental regulator the ability to amend existing environmental
00:57authorities.
00:58After the back and forth, the minister wrapped up the press conference.
01:03Thank you guys.
01:04Cut it off.
01:05Cut it off.
01:06That's what you're good at.
01:07Residents here in Ipswich aren't convinced that the tougher penalties will deter operators.
01:11Instead, they want to see facilities like this moved out of town.
01:16Shut them down, move them out west where no residents are.
01:21And with seven facilities nearby, she's not confident the stench will go away.
01:26I've lived here, out here, six years.
01:28I'm still waiting.
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