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SA: Greens Set to Double Their Upper House Representation
Sun, 21/03/2010 - 10:30The Greens have recorded their strongest showing yet in the SA election, and are set to add another member to the Legislative Council.
Victoria: MEDIA ALERT: Greens MP to Protest at Opening of Duck Season
Fri, 19/03/2010 - 14:07WHO: Victorian Greens MLC, Sue Pennicuik
WHEN: Saturday 20 March 2010
Victorian Greens MP and animal welfare spokesperson, Sue Pennicuik, will travel to Gippsland this weekend and accompany duck rescue teams at the start of the 2010 duck season.
SA: Greens: the fastest growing political force in the country
Fri, 19/03/2010 - 12:30Tomorrow, South Australian voters have a genuine alternative to the old parties, and can join over million voters Australia wide who vote Green, says Greens MLC Mark Parnell.
NSW MP Lee Rhiannon: Call for mining and health inquiry
Fri, 19/03/2010 - 11:59Greens MP and mining spokesperson Lee Rhiannon has called on the NSW government to hold an independent inquiry into the health impacts of the coal industry on people living in the Hunter region, and for the rules that mines operate under to be enforced. (SMH, pages 3 and 9, http://tinyurl.com/yaatqo7)
SA: People power forces cycleway celebration
Fri, 19/03/2010 - 11:30This morning's formal opening of the South Road Tram Overpass cycle path is a celebration of people power in the face of Government opposition, says Greens MLC Mark Parnell.
NSW MP Lee Rhiannon: New FOI laws for NSW delayed
Thu, 18/03/2010 - 16:32"Yesterday in Question Time I was told by the Attorney General that the commencement of the legislation and appointment of a Commissioner would occur 'soon', but the government is clearly dragging its heels," Ms Rhiannon said.
"Today the Attorney General tabled two related reports from the NSW Law Reform Commission, but offered no starting date for the FOI regime.
NSW MP Lee Rhiannon: Nurses take the lead on safe patient care
Thu, 18/03/2010 - 16:26Ms Rhiannon called on the NSW Government to improve staffing levels in state hospitals.
"The Greens congratulate the NSW Nurses' Association for its strong and ongoing commitment to delivering safe patient care," Ms Rhiannon said.
Queensland: Greens call for ban on mining on prime farmland
Thu, 18/03/2010 - 15:5518 March 2010 - The Queensland Greens are calling for a ban on mining on Queensland’s prime farmland, after the government’s weak discussion paper on strategic cropping land which would still allow mining on most cropping land.
Queensland: Queensland Government Must Make Noosa River a “Priority” Catchment
Thu, 18/03/2010 - 15:40Media release sent 14 March 2010.
NSW MP Lee Rhiannon: Norrie has ungendered certificate withdrawn: government must reform laws
Thu, 18/03/2010 - 14:56"The NSW government should act to implement a key recommendation of a 2009 Human Rights Commission report that a person over 18 should be able to choose to have an unspecified sex noted on documents and records," Ms
Rhiannon said.
SA: Stop privatisation of TAFE by stealth
Thu, 18/03/2010 - 13:30The Greens have called on both Labor and Liberal to commit to greater protection of our publicly funded TAFE sector.
SA: Stop taking Carers for granted - Greens
Thu, 18/03/2010 - 11:30The Greens have today released their 2010 Election Platform on a better deal for the State's 222,000 carers with a focus on respite, transport and financial support.
NSW MP Lee Rhiannon: Greens win NSW Upper House support to keep Carramar Nursing Home in public hands
Thu, 18/03/2010 - 11:28Ms Rhiannon moved the motion following a recent meeting with the Carramar Carers' Group. Over 30 staff, residents and supporters travelled from Leeton to NSW Parliament today to hear the debate.
"The Greens won support today for a motion calling on the NSW
Government to keep the Carramar Nursing Home in public hands," said Ms Rhiannon.
(see motion below)
NSW MP Sylvia Hale: Urban Taskforce ‘shying away from public scrutiny’
Thu, 18/03/2010 - 11:17“The Keneally Government is notorious for the Part 3A approvals it has given in the past, especially for developments associated with generous party donors”, said Sylvia Hale MLC, Greens spokesperson for planning and Western Sydney.
NSW MP Sylvia Hale: Greens call on Keneally to debate planning laws
Thu, 18/03/2010 - 11:12“We agree with the Premier that we need a serious debate within the community about a Government’s unfettered right to compulsorily acquire private property and then hand it to developers,” said Sylvia Hale, Greens MP and spokesperson for Planning.
NSW MP Lee Rhiannon: Coal industry - time for a transition plan
Thu, 18/03/2010 - 11:09SMH, page 1 today.
"The Greens are calling on the NSW government to develop a transition
plan from coal mining and coal fired power to clean sustainable jobs in
renewable energy and energy efficiency technology," Ms Rhiannon said.
"In NSW coal mines are being approved at a record rate.
NSW MP Sylvia Hale: Time to throw some light on the secret side of SHFA
Thu, 18/03/2010 - 11:06“Alarm bells should be ringing about the private negotiations, the absence of public tendering, and the culture of secrecy surrounding the way in which the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority manages and leases public properties under its control,” says Greens MP and spokesperson for Planning, Sylvia Hale.
NSW MP Sylvia Hale: Yet another Government attack on community rights
Thu, 18/03/2010 - 11:01
“It is outrageous that the Labor Government should even be considering forced land seizures whose effect would be to swell the profits of private corporations.
SA: Release investigation into Govt alcohol adviser - Greens
Thu, 18/03/2010 - 09:30Greens MLC Mark Parnell has called for the release of a Department of Health report into claims of conflict of interest involving the State Government's chief adviser on alcohol policy.
SA: Labor Govt reveals plans to drink stormwater......20 years ago
Wed, 17/03/2010 - 11:30A Sunday Mail article from 1991 reveals that the then Labor Government was planning to introduce stormwater into the mains system for drinking.
