Coal Seam Gas is a dead end

John Williams has resurrected in his opinion piece: Mining gas in NSW is viable if it's controlled (SMH Opinion, 1 March 2012) the out-dated argument that all that is needed to make coal seam gas workable in NSW is a technological fix to deal with water impacts and fugitive gas emissions.

There are similarities in this debate to the early days of the climate change movement where a loud but small minority of environmentalists shifted their support to nuclear energy as a way of dealing with greenhouse gas emissions. The nuclear path proved to be a dead end and coal seam gas is quickly heading in the same direction.

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Time to focus on real crimes – not invent new ones for Bikies

Proposed legislation by the O'Farrell government aimed at reviving Labor's failed anti-gang laws is a further step in the wrong direction and is likely to distract police from the real task of focusing on gangs' existing criminal activity according to Greens NSW MP and Justice spokesperson David Shoebridge.

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Gonski should be made to deliver for NSW public schools

The Greens will be pressuring the O'Farrell government to redirect half of its private education subsidies to public schools after reports that the Gonski inquiry is set to deliver a $420 million boost to non-government schools in NSW.

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Local Government Campaign Coordinator

Applications close: 
2012-03-05 17:00

Greens members and supporters are invited to apply for the job of Local Government Campaign Coordinator. The position works cooperatively with local Green Groups with the aim of electing Green candidates to Councils across NSW.

The successful applicant will have the following abilities:

Toxicity of coal seam gas spill highlights risk

Greens mining spokesperson Jeremy Buckingham today called on the government to support his Coal Seam Gas Moratorium Bill next week after scientific analysis of a coal seam gas water spill in the Pilliga Forest revealed high levels of heavy metals and salts.

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Political Exchange Program

Applications close: 
2012-03-05 17:00

The Australian Greens Party Room are members of the Australian Political Exchange Council and this gives us the opportunity to send young political leaders on an overseas exchange.

Applicants should be politically active individuals who have the potential to make a significant contribution to political life and the development of the Australian Greens.

Equal pay win, pressure now on states to step up

Greens Senator and spokesperson for women Lee Rhiannon today congratulated all those who have campaigned so hard over decades to achieve Fair Work Australia's decision today on equal pay for community workers.

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New donations data highlights why major parties block funding reform

New data released today by the Australian Electoral Commission for 2010/2011, showing that $24.7 million dollars in donations has flowed to the federal divisions of Labor and Coalition parties, helps explain the reluctance of the Gillard government and Coalition to show leadership on federal funding reform, says Greens Senator and Australian Greens democracy spokesperson Lee Rhiannon.

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Greens urge health minister to block-out nano sunscreen

The Greens are calling on the NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner to pressure her Federal colleague Tanya Plibersek to regulate the use of nanoparticles in sunscreen, following the action taken today by Friends of the Earth, says Greens NSW MP John Kaye.

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