by johntwyman | May 4, 2014 | News
John Kaye, Mehreen Faruqi, Justin Field will head up the Greens NSW Upper House team in the March 2015 election, the party's Returning Officer Seamus Lee announced today. Declaring the results of a state-wide postal ballot of all members of the party, Mr Lee...
by johntwyman | Apr 7, 2014 | News
The Coalition's determination to push ahead with burning native forests for power shows nothing has changed despite NSW having a new premier, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye. Commenting on the defeat of an Upper House disallowance motion to overturn the...
by johntwyman | Apr 5, 2014 | News
Public funding of private schools has substantially contributed to education inequality, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye. ('Students reap funds outside public system', Sun Herald 6 April, p. 4, http://j.mp/1ehLMiT) Dr Kaye said: "The average...
by johntwyman | Apr 3, 2014 | News
The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham today expressed his dismay that the government’s centrepiece policy to protect groundwater, the Aquifer Interference policy, will not apply to the assessment of Santos’ 850 gas well project, despite...
by johntwyman | Apr 1, 2014 | News
The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham has written to Police Minister Mike Gallacher asking for the reasons behind his ministerial decision to request the closure of both the Leard State Forest and the Pilliga Forest near Narrabri, saying he was...
by johntwyman | Apr 1, 2014 | News
Prime Minister Tony Abbott is being hypocritical over his complaint that Mr Clive Palmer is trying to buy seats in parliament, says Greens democracy spokesperson Senator Lee Rhiannon. "The Coalition over many years has blocked electoral funding reform that would...
