Section: Agriculture

Greens successfully amend local land services Bill to restore environmental objectives and add financial incentives for land conservation

Greens successfully amend local land services Bill to restore environmental objectives and add financial incentives for land conservation

27 June 2013 by maxphillips

MEDIA RELEASE - 27 June 2013 The NSW Legislative Council has agreed to two Greens amendments to the Local Land Services Bill 2013. The first amendment restores objects found in the Catchment Management Authorities Act relating to State priorities, triple bottom line natural resource management, and using sound scientific knowledge in decision making, to the objects of the [...]

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Finance Minister flounders on funding of Local Land Services

10 May 2013 by maxphillips

MEDIA RELEASE - 10 May 2013 The Greens NSW spokesperson on agriculture Jeremy Buckingham raised his concern that the O’Farrell Government was floundering on the detail of the Local Land Services (LLS), and called on the government to commit to maintaining funding in real terms for all services being taken into the LLS model.  Finance Minister [...]

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Greg Pearce flounders in Question Time - 8 May 2013

09 May 2013 by maxphillips


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Christine & Jeremy – on farm

Kevin Humphries can’t cop the heat, so lies about the Greens

18 April 2013 by maxphillips

MEDIA RELEASE - 18 April 2013 Country Greens MP, Jeremy Buckingham responded to a press release by Nationals MP Kevin Humphries, accusing Mr Humphries of lazy politics and misleading the media and community.  “Everyone knows the National Party is too close to the mining and gas industry with senior Nationals like John Anderson and Mark Vaile [...]

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Andrew Stoner not fit to lead Nationals

Andrew Stoner not fit to lead Nationals

09 October 2012 by maxphillips

MEDIA RELEASE 9 October 2012 The Greens NSW spokesperson said today that Deputy Premier Andrew Stoner was not fit to lead the National Party and should resign after a dismal performance at Budget Estimates Committee hearings today where he did not know the number one agricultural commodity in NSW, had no knowledge of his government’s [...]

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730 NSW - Gateway to coal seam gas 21 September 2012 - ABC TV

25 September 2012 by maxphillips


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Minister Humphries admits Land Use Plan is a dud

18 September 2012 by maxphillips

MEDIA RELEASE 18 September 2012 Minister Humphries admits Land Use Plan is a dud The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining and agriculture, Jeremy Buckingham today called on the Minister for Western NSW, Kevin Humphries to resign from Cabinet and join the cross bench, after it was revealed that he told farmers in North Western NSW [...]

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Responsible Mining (Protecting Land, Water and Communities) Bill 2012

24 August 2012 by maxphillips

Jeremy Buckingham, the NSW Greens spokesperson on Mining and Agriculture will introduce legislation to introduce clear no-go zones for mineral and gas exploration, mining and gas production. The Greens Responsible Mining (Protecting Land, Water and Communities) Bill is a response to the demands of the NSW public to bring to an end the failed adaptive [...]

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Minister says were irrelevant

Greens are pro-farmer and want their votes

11 July 2012 by maxphillips

Media Release  11 July 2012 Greens NSW spokesperson on agriculture dismissed today’s National Party attack on the Greens being ‘anti-farmer, anti-family and against free enterprise’ as absolute rubbish, and said that the Greens were representing the interests of many farmers and wanted their number one vote. “The Greens love and respect Australian farmers, and are [...]

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Government breaks election commitment on noxious weeds, selling out the bush

Government breaks election commitment on noxious weeds, selling out the bush

02 May 2012 by maxphillips

MEDIA RELEASE - 2 May 2012 The Greens NSW spokesperson on agriculture Jeremy Buckingham condemned the O’Farrell Government, particularly the National Party, for breaking its election commitment to remove the current exemption for public authorities under the Noxious Weeds Act 1993. The gutless Labor Party voted with the Government against Greens amendment that would have made [...]

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