MEDIA RELEASE - 8 May 2014 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham today condemned the Government and Labor Party for voting against an amendment to the Mining and Petroleum Acts to establish an Independent Expert Mine Licencing Committee as recommended by the Independent Commission Against Corruption following the inquiries into corruptly granted coal mining [...]

State Environmental Planning Policy (Mining, Petroleum Production and Extractive Industries) Amendment (Resource Significance) 2013 Announced 29 July 2013 You may have heard the shocking news of the Government’s plans to amend state planning laws to allow Big Mining to ride roughshod over communities. Intended changes to the Mining SEPP forces decision makers to “promote the development of significant [...]

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 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 [...]

MEDIA RELEASE 6 September 2011 The Greens mining spokesperson, Jeremy Buckingham MLC, has called on the government to also lift the royalty rate on gold and other major minerals in NSW from its current measly rate of 4%, or else the royalty increase on coal will look like a cynical exercise in political distraction.  “If [...]

Media Release 29 June 2011 The Greens mining spokesperson, Jeremy Buckingham MLC, has called on the NSW government to put communities ahead of the profits of multinational mining corporations and protect the long-term future of NSW after a new report revealed that the mining industry in Australia is 83% foreign owned. “The Greens call on [...]