MEDIA RELEASE 30 April 2012 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham has warned the O’Farrell Government that it is badly misreading community sentiment on the conflict between mining and agriculture in what appears to be senior pro-mining Liberals riding roughshod over the National Party and the interests of country NSW.   In recent days: Resources Minister [...]

MEDIA RELEASE 11 April 2012 The Greens mining spokesperson, Jeremy Buckingham congratulated local farmers and environmentalists for their commitment and courage displayed by the lock-on protest to stop two open cut coal mines destroying the Leard State Forest, North East of Boggabri. Carmel Flint from the Northern Inland Council for the Environment has chained herself [...]

Media Release - Jeremy Buckingham MLC 10 April 2012 Greens MP and NSW mining spokesperson Jeremy Buckingham has labeled the long awaited O’Farrell Government’s coal and gas exploration license audit a ‘farce’ noting that it failed to even identify major environmental issues that have been publically reported. The Audit Template asks the auditor to: “Select [...]

MEDIA RELEASE - 3 April 2012 The Greens NSW spokesperson on rural land Jeremy Buckingham will move an amendment to the Noxious Weeds Amendment Bill 2012, to require more action from public authorities to deal with weeds and hold public authorities to the same expectations as private landholders. The two amendments would: 1) Remove the [...]