MEDIA RELEASE - 30 November 2011 Greens MP and mining spokesperson Jeremy Buckingham has called on the NSW Government to suspend the Doyles Creek Coal Mine Exploration Licence and review mining access laws following yesterday’s Land and Environment court decision to grant NuCoal an access arrangement against the express wishes of legally blind farmer, Ian [...]

MEDIA RELEASE 29 November 2011 The Greens mining spokesperson Jeremy Buckingham has called for the government to rule out the re-opening of the Hillgrove antimony mine and also rule out plans for an antimony mine at Wild Cattle Creek after another spill of heavy metals into the Macleay River occurred this week. “Barry O’Farrell must [...]

MEDIA RELEASE - 28 November 2011 Greens MP and spokesperson for Murray Darling Jeremy Buckingham has blasted the Draft Murray Darling Basin Plan for failing to meet its key legal requirement to limit water take in the system to an environmentally sustainable level and for opening the door for the coal seam gas industry. “This [...]

On 24 November 2011, broadcaster Alan Jones interviewed Jeremy Buckingham about the Greens’ Coal Seam Gas Moratorium Bill 2011 You can listen here

MEDIA RELEASE 24 November 2011 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham has condemned the O’Farrell Government’s move to cancel this week’s Private Members Business sitting day as a cynical manoeuvre to avoid a vote on the Coal Seam Gas Moratorium Bill. The Coal Seam Gas Moratorium Bill was next in the order of [...]

MEDIA RELEASE 23 November 2011 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham has condemned the approval of a coal seam gas well within the Special Catchment Area on the Illawarra Plateau, saying it highlights the need for a moratorium on the industry. The Planning Assessment Commission approved the drilling by Apex Energy under the [...]

MEDIA RELEASE - 14 November 2011 Coal seam gas blowing up Coalition Desperate National Party members have broken ranks on coal seam gas only to be reigned in by their Liberal colleague, with Resources Minister Chris Hartcher slapping down the Minister for Western NSW, Kevin Humphries today after Humprhies promised an announcement that coal seam gas pilot production would be halted. [...]

MEDIA RELEASE 14 November 2011 Greens NSW mining spokesperson Jeremy Buckingham welcomed the impending announcement of a pause on certain aspects of the coal seam gas industry foreshadowed today by Minister for Western NSW, Kevin Humphries, but called on the government to ensure the pause would be a genuine moratorium and not be just a short-term political [...]

MEDIA RELEASE 10 November 2011 Debate on Coal Seam Gas Moratorium Bill to start this Friday The Greens NSW mining spokesperson, Jeremy Buckingham MLC, will begin debate on the Coal Seam Gas Moratorium Bill this Friday, with his Second Reading speech. The bill would put a 12 month moratorium on the coal seam gas industry, [...]

MEDIA RELEASE 11 November 2011 The Greens NSW mining spokesperson Jeremy Buckingham is shocked that the government has blocked a motion in the NSW Legislative Council that outlined the dangers of antimony mining on the Dorrigo Plateau and called for a moratorium on mining approvals until a Strategic Regional Land Use Plan for the Mid-North [...]