Archive | April, 2014

Jan & Jeremy at Bentley

NSW Police should not be used to break community blockade

29 April 2014 by maxphillips

MEDIA RELEASE - 29 April 2014 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham today called on Police Minister Michael Gallacher to resist pressure from coal seam gas company Metgasco to use the NSW Police Force to break a community blockade at Bentley, near Lismore, particularly given the company has close ties to the Coalition government [...]

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Goward must fix Gateway Panel farce

Goward must fix Gateway Panel farce

25 April 2014 by maxphillips

MEDIA RELEASE - 25 April 2014  The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham today called on new Planning Minister Pru Goward to fix the ‘Gateway Process’ established to assess mining proposals on strategic agricultural land, after two of the six Gateway panel members resigned , including the chair Terry Short, and the panel was forced to [...]

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Jeremy Buckingham & Anthony Roberts on Richard Glover ABC 702

24 April 2014 by maxphillips

Jeremy Buckingham & Anthony Roberts on Richard Glover ABC 702 talking about IPART’s decision to raise gas prices by 17.6%. Listen to the audio here.

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Energy Minister Roberts lies about IPART gas price report

23 April 2014 by maxphillips

 MEDIA RELEASE - 23 April 2014 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham accused the Energy Minister, Anthony Roberts, of lying about the proposed gas price increases determined by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART). Minister Roberts’ press release states: “Mr Roberts said that nearly a third of the proposed increase is due to [...]

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Consumers should not pay more  for gas because of exports

Consumers should not pay more for gas because of exports

23 April 2014 by maxphillips

MEDIA RELEASE - 23 April 2014 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham today said that households and business should not be forced to pay more simply because largely foreign owned gas consortiums prefer to export gas to Asian markets than supply Australian gas customers.  He said a national interest test should be applied to [...]

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Minister should suspend all mining arbitrations after admission the system is broken

15 April 2014 by maxphillips

MEDIA RELEASE - 15 April 2014 The Greens NSW spokesperson mining Jeremy Buckingham today welcomed the NSW Governments announcement of an independent review into mining arbitration arrangements and called on the Resources and Energy Minister to suspend all ongoing arbitrations until the review and the government’s response is concluded. “This is an admission by the government [...]

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Time to clean up the mining industry’s community consultative committees

11 April 2014 by maxphillips

MEDIA RELEASE - 11 April 2014 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining, Jeremy Buckingham, today called on the government to reform the regulations around mining community consultative committees (CCC) after it was revealed that one woman, Margaret Macdonald-Hill was employed as the independent chair of 15 different CCCs by seven different mining companies and that her [...]

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Santos tell gas conference what they really think

08 April 2014 by maxphillips

Proceedings at the 2014 APPEA (Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association) conference have provided some insights into what the gas industry really thinks.  But first it was refreshing to see Western Australian Liberal Premier Colin Barnett give the gas and oil executives a slap of reality.  Criticising the gas industry for running a disastrous PR [...]

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Government & Rio Tinto should respect Supreme Court’s decision

Government & Rio Tinto should respect Supreme Court’s decision

07 April 2014 by maxphillips

MEDIA RELEASE - 7 April 2014 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham today congratulated the people of Bulga on their win in the Supreme Court, which dismissed an appeal brought by Rio Tinto and the NSW Government.  He called on both appellants to now respect the decision of the court by dropping plans to [...]

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Govt bungles aquifer interference policy on Santos’ giant coal seam gas project

Govt bungles aquifer interference policy on Santos’ giant coal seam gas project

04 April 2014 by maxphillips

MEDIA RELEASE  4 April 2014 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 admissions from Santos that there are risks to aquifers, a record of contamination [...]

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