Greens call for Senate inquiry on rehabilitation to secure jobs as Peabody...
The Australian Greens are calling for a Senate inquiry on mining and resources rehabilitation to secure jobs in affected communities as reports yesterday and Monday indicated that coal giant Peabody...
View ArticleSenator Waters, Australian Greens mining spokesperson, comments on the...
"Yet again, we see there is no difference between the old parties on digging up fossil fuels to ruin our Great Barrier Reef."The Labor Government wants to take advice from a former Liberal Minister who...
View ArticleAnglo’s Foxleigh mine sale another reason to act on rehab, despite mining...
Reports that Anglo American is selling the Foxleigh coal mine at Middlemount to Sydney's Taurus Fund Management is more evidence of the need for the Chain of Responsibility Bill, as well as broader...
View Article“Energy poverty” hypocrisy exposed by new Adani company allegations
Following allegations of electricity price gouging by the Adani company in India, the Greens re-iterated their call for the state Labor and federal Liberal government to revoke their approvals of the...
View ArticlePeabody bankruptcy shows need for rehabilitation bonds and transition planning
With Peabody filing for bankruptcy today in the US, the Queensland and New South Wales governments must urgently secure outstanding rehabilitation bonds from the company.Qld Senator Larissa Waters,...
View ArticleBP shareholders must challenge company on environmentally risky plans for Bight
Greens Senator for South Australia Robert Simms says shareholders should raise concerns with BP over its environmentally risky plan to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight.BP is holding its...
View ArticleBP must abandon its plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight: Greens
Greens Senator for South Australia Robert Simms is calling on BP to abandon its plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight after its secret environmental plan was knocked back by NOPSEMA a second...
View ArticleRenewable Energy Superpower
Fri, 2016-06-03 19:00 - 21:00City West campus of UniSA, Adelaide - Barbara Hanrahan Building, lecture theatre BH2-09.Senator Robert Simms will be speaking at Renewable Energy Superpower, the fifth part...
View ArticleThe Greens congratulate the Western Downs Alliance for their legal challenge...
The Greens congratulate the Western Downs Alliance for their legal challenge to ensure the water trigger is enforced against CSG in western Queensland."It appears Minister Hunt has ignored the impacts...
View ArticleSimms in the Senate Update - June 2016
This edition of Simms in the Senate covers Senator Robert Simms' recent work on promoting green jobs for SA, protecting the Great Australian Bight, standing with the community against a nuclear waste...
View ArticleGreens launch Mining Jobs in Mine Rehabilitation plan
Greens Senator for NSW Lee Rhiannon and Greens Senate candidate Michael Osborne have commented on the Greens’ National Plan to secure Mining Jobs in Mine Rehabilitation, launched today. The plan builds...
View ArticleGreens to move for Senate Inquiry into mining companies dodging...
Following a leaked report estimating the Queensland Government has failed to collect billions of dollars from coal mining companies for rehabilitation, the Greens will seek support for a federal Senate...
View ArticleGreens congratulate Victoria and push for a national fracking ban
With the ban on fracking announced in Victoria, the Australian Greens will move for a nation-wide ban on fracking to protect farmland and water and call on federal Labor to follow their state...
View ArticleSenate tells Turnbull to rule out public funding for Adani
The Australian Senate today supported a Greens motion calling on the government to rule out any public funding for the Adani coal mine or associated infrastructure, including via the Northern...
View ArticleGreens commit to ground-breaking $2 billion fund to fix Reef water quality
The Greens today announced a plan to protect the Great Barrier Reef, including a $2 billion fund and a legal cap on run-off pollution fix water quality, as well as action on global warming and a...
View ArticleProtecting our Precious Environment
This 30 page comprehensive report details NSW's diverse natural environments and the dangers they face. This campaign calls for improved protection of our diverse and extraordinary environment.
View ArticleThe Greens launch report calling for improved protection for the Pilliga and...
Greens candidate for New England Mercurius Goldstein and Senator Rhiannon today launched the ‘Protecting our precious environment' campaign that calls for improved environmental protection for the...
View ArticleProtecting the Gardens of Stone National Park
Media release16 JuneThe Greens launch report calling for improved protection for the Gardens of Stone National ParkNSW Senator Lee Rhiannon and Greens candidate for Calare Delanie Sky today launched...
View ArticleThe Greens launch report calling for improved protection for the Blue...
NSW Senator Lee Rhiannon and Greens candidate for Macquarie Terry Morgan have launched the ‘Protecting our precious environment' campaign that calls for improved environmental protection for the Blue...
View ArticleGreens launch report calling for improved protection for the Royal National...
NSW Senator Lee Rhiannon will join Greens Cunningham candidate Cath Blakey and Hughes candidate Phil Smith to launch the ‘Protecting our precious environment' campaign.The campaign calls for improved...
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