Government recognises life-saving success of Kings Cross injecting room
Government recognises life-saving success of Kings Cross injecting room
Greens MLC Ian Cohen welcomes the NSW Government's decision to introduce legislation to make the Kings Cross injecting room a permanent service.
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Government fails to regulate environmental harm
Greens MLC Ian Cohen has criticised the NSW Government's management of pollution incidents following the publishing of the Auditor-General's performance audit of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water.
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Government fails to regulate environmental harm
Greens MLC Ian Cohen has criticised the NSW Government's management of pollution incidents following the publishing of the Auditor-General's performance audit of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water.
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Aboriginal Constitutional Recognition - Congratulation
The Greens will be supporting changes to the NSW Constitution that are being introduced to the Parliament today to recognise Aboriginal people as the first people of the State.
"These changes are long overdue and will finally acknowledge the unique place that Aboriginal people have in the history of this State" NSW Greens MLC Ian Cohen said today.
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Greens to step up opposition to offshore gas drilling
Senate candidate and former NSW MP Lee Rhiannon says she will take her campaign to stop experimental offshore mining exploration to Federal parliament, following news that in mid-October Advent Energy will start exploratory drilling into the seabed 55 kms east of Newcastle (‘First gas gig headed for NSW coast’, SMH, p 5 today).
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Off-shore processing and detention of children must stop
Lee Rhiannon, widely tipped to win a NSW Senate seat for the Greens NSW, congratulated those bringing a High Court case, which begins today, testing the lawfulness of current off-shore processing arrangements on Christmas Island. She also called on the Federal government to abide by its international obligations with regards to refugees and asylum seekers.
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Three shootings should prompt tougher gun laws
Lee Rhiannon, tipped to win a NSW Senate seat for the Greens, says
that if elected she will work for strengthened uniform national gun
laws, following reports of three separate shootings in Sydney’s Inner
West, West and the Blue Mountains yesterday.
“Gun control is akin to white collar crime in not receiving the
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Strong result a sign of hope for fairer, more sustainable future
Commenting on the election result, Greens candidate for Page Jeff Johnson said that the strong result for the Greens around the country is a sign of hope for positive change in Australian politics.
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