Jane Prentice (Ryan, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Queensland Premier's Sustainability Awards 2014 were presented over the weekend. I am honoured to take this opportunity to highlight some great and innovative technology within my electorate of Ryan. Local businessman Tony Rees was presented with the Leadership in Sustainability Award for his company Groundworks and its product ecoblanket.

Ecoblanket is a world-first hose-on groundcover that controls erosion and provides a mix of compost and seed to large-scale landscaping, remediation and building projects. Specialised machinery can treat thousands of square metres a day, spraying a specially designed mix of seed and compost, with a 90 per cent germination rate of the cover crop within a few days of application. Ecoblanket is a revolutionary concept that allows for the hosed-on mixture to readily and rapidly provide groundcover. This allows for significant reduction in soil loss, while allowing for sediment and erosion control, and this is in addition to the fact that the product incorporates 100 per cent recycled organic material, with tailored seed blends. This allows the product to be area specific, allowing for rejuvenation of native plants and great environmental outcomes. It is an example of Direct Action in action.

Commuters travelling along the freeway during the Legacy Way construction can see this wonderful innovation for themselves. Congratulations to Tony Rees and the person who does the real work, his wonderful wife, Lynn. I am delighted to stand before the chamber and acknowledge another great innovation provided by a company within my electorate of Ryan. (Time expired)