Media release - 15 May 2014 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham today slammed the Labor Party for playing politics and forgetting the people of the Central Coast after failing to introduce their promised Bill to stop the Wallarah 2 coal mine. In March, Labor joined with the Coalition to vote down a Greens [...]

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 [...]

The following questions related to the Bentley Blockade and the use of police to smash the peaceful community movement were asked of the NSW Premier, Mike Baird and the Police Minister, Stuart Ayres in parliament on 8 May 2014. As usual the Government has chosen to dodge the questions and hold the genuine concerns of [...]

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 [...]

ARE you willing to pay more on your gas bill to boost the profits of foreign companies? That’s what the gas industry wants you to do and it is why they are running a scare campaign on gas supply and price. These companies want to export conventional gas from Bass Strait and South Australia, that [...]

MEDIA RELEASE - 2 April 2014 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham has written to Police Minister Mike Gallacher asking for the reasons behind his ministerial decision to request the closure of both the Leard State Forest and the Pilliga Forest near Narrabri, saying he was concerned that the decision was a political favour [...]

MEDIA RELEASE - 26 March 2014 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham today welcomed the announcement that there would be a 6 month freeze on assessing petroleum exploration license applications but warned that there are still no clear protections for key agricultural regions. “This decision is a clear recognition by the government that coexistence [...]

MEDIA RELEASE - 21 February 2014 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham today said he would refer the Memorandum of Understanding between the NSW Government and coal seam gas company Santos to the Independent Commission Against Corruption saying that the declaration that the project would be fast-tracked as a ‘Strategic Energy Project’ undermined the [...]

MEDIA RELEASE - 19 February 2014 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham today condemned the O’Farrell government for breaking a key pre-election commitment that no mining would occur in water catchments by recommending approval of the Wallarah 2 coal mine on the central coast. “This is a complete betrayal of the people of NSW,” [...]

MEDIA RELEASE - 17 February 2014 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham today condemned NSW Minister for Resources Anthony Roberts for running a scare campaign based on industry lies to justify turning NSW into a toxic gas field. “The idea that NSW must industrialize our agricultural land and threaten our water resources in response [...]