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 [...]

Murray Darling Tour 30 January to 2 February 2012 As the Greens MP in the NSW Parliament with portfolio responsibilities for Western NSW and water issues, it was important that I get out along the Darling and Murray rivers to talk with the community about what’s happening on the ground out there. My office has [...]

MEDIA RELEASE - 28 November 2011 Greens MP and spokesperson for Murray Darling Jeremy Buckingham has blasted the Draft Murray Darling Basin Plan for failing to meet its key legal requirement to limit water take in the system to an environmentally sustainable level and for opening the door for the coal seam gas industry. “This [...]

MEDIA RELEASE 5 October 2011 The Greens NSW spokesperson on the Murray Darling Basin, Jeremy Buckingham MLC, today backed calls from environmental groups to base environmental flows on science, not pressure from lobby groups. “The environmental groups have sounded the alarm at the direction of the Murray Darling Basin Authority on environmental flows and this [...]