- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
- Air Quality
- Animal Welfare
- Arts
- Asbestos
- Biodiversity
- Biofuels
- Bushfire Risk Management
- Children and young people
- Climate Change and Energy
- Coal and Coal Seam Gas
- Coastal management
- Coastal Sand mining and extraction
- Disabilities
- Drugs and harm minimisation
- Early Childhood Education
- Education
- Electoral and Funding Reform
- Environment Impact Assessment and Pollution Control
- Estuary
- Firearms
- Forests
- Gaming Machines
- Genetic Engineering in Food and Crops
- Genetically Engineered Organisms in Production of Pharmaceuticals
- Health
- Heritage
- Housing
- Industrial relations
- Industry
- Justice
- Juvenile Justice
- Local Government
- Marine Environment
- Multiculturalism
- National Parks
- Older People
- Planning and Infrastructure
- Public Ownership
- Public Sector Social and Environmental Responsibility
- Recreation and Sport
- Regional Development
- Rural Land Use
- Rural young people
- Sexuality and Gender Identity
- Social Equity
- Tourism
- Transport
- Voluntary Euthanasia
- Waste Elimination
- Water (rural and agricultural)
- Water (urban)
- Wetlands
- Women
- Work
- Worker's Compensation
POLICY SUMMARY
To read the full details of the Greens NSW Coastal Management Policy click the orange download button on the right
The NSW Coast is one of our precious jewels. We have to balance meeting the needs of all the people who want to live on the coast with conserving and protecting our unique coastal environments.
This task is bigger than the coastal local councils, and bigger than our NSW State Government. While all three tiers of government have a vital role in coastal management, the Greens believe that managing the coast should be co-ordinated at a national level with a National Coastal Action Plan.
We have, right now, some competing rights regarding coastal properties. Many beach and estuarine properties are at risk of damage with our changing climate, with the more frequent dramatic incidences of high winds and high tides. The Greens favour a ‘planned retreat’ policy whereby property owners bear most of the responsibility for building and upgrading properties fronting degrading beaches. It is well documented that building structures to protect buildings from sea erosion has damaging effects for beaches nearby and further up the coast.
NSW is rich in coastal biodiversity, with several different bioregions from the Victorian to the Queensland borders. We value our coastal national parks and advocate strongly for their protection from mining and development, while supporting low impact human access so that we can all enjoy their diversity and pristine beauty.