There is a Better Way
Now the Papua New Guinea government has declared the Manus Island detention centre to be illegal, we should bring these people to Australia and process them here. Fewer than 900 people are involved. How hard can it be?
Month: April 2016
Portugal’s Drugs Policy Gets Results
When well Australia’s politicians have the guts to try an evidence-based approach?
Stop the Violence
One in six women has experienced violence from a current or former partner.
Greens Plan to Tackle Homelessness Funding
Official estimates claim over 2000 people a year find themselves homeless on the Central Coast. Many more are on a knife-edge as affordable housing options shrink. Central Coast Greens share the concerns of many community groups that there are not enough services to help all the people who need it, and not enough being invested in preventing the problem in …
When it comes to TAFE, regional pathways won’t fix what the government broke
Skills Minister John Barilaro’s announcement of the private tenders for training and employment placement is cold comfort for young regional people facing the mounting costs of vocational education and training and massive cuts in Federal government support, says NSW Greens MP David Shoebridge. While the state government has pledged $8 million to be delivered through private organisations to help young …
Finance Minister announces plans for the old Gosford school site
The future of the old Gosford School site has been revealed and the vision does not include a regional performing arts centre. Finance Minister Dominic Perrottet today announced a development application would be lodged within weeks to deliver a six-storey, 7000sq m mixed-use commercial building housing 300 finance workers and ground-floor retail and alfresco dining. It will be built next …
Greens warn Sydney to go electric or risk choking on tailpipe emissions
Electric car owners should be exempt from paying thousands of dollars in stamp duty and given the right to drive in transit lanes, the NSW Greens have said following Tesla’s first release of an electric car for the masses. Read more: Sydney Morning Herald