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Gonski 2.0: Not Like the Original
Gonski 2.0: Bastardisation Dressed up as Needs-Based Funding Media Release 3 May 2017 NSW Greens Education spokesperson Tamara Smith MP has condemned the Turnbull government’s latest act of bastardisation in suggesting that he is delivering the original Gonski reforms. “It must have been a very weird day indeed for David Gonski to be standing beside the PM who has totally bastardised …
Decriminalisation Bill Voted Down
In the NSW Legislative Council on 11 May 2017, the majority voted against a woman’s right to choose. Here are the members who want to keep abortion a criminal offence and who refuse to provide a safe access zone around reproductive health clinics:
Council Elections – Call for Nominations
Council Election The Central Coast Council Election will be held on Saturday, 9 September. The amalgamation and ward system that have been imposed on us will make this a crucial election. The outcome will have a long term impact on the future development of the Central Coast and our beautiful physical environment. All members of the Central Coast Greens can …
Save the Butterfly Cave
Lake Macquarie Greens would like to get this petition out to all Greens in NSW to help bring the numbers up to the 10000 required to have a question asked in parliament. I am told that this is the first time there has been a campaign for a special site significant to aboriginal women in the area. This is really …
Decriminalising Abortion
This letter is from our member Doug Williamson to local members Adam Crouch (Terrigal), Liesl Tesch (Gosford) and David Harris (Wyong) and to Coast Opinions at newslocal.com.au: Dear Mark, NSW & Queensland remain the only 2 states in Australia where it is still illegal to have an abortion under Division 12 Crimes Act (s. 82, 83 & 84), this means …
Community Invited to Help Shape the Coast’s Future
The Central Coast community is being invited to have their say on the future of the region as Council kicks off phase one of the development of the first ever coast wide Community Strategic Plan. The Community Strategic Plan is designed to capture the community’s vision for the Coast and identify key social, economic, environmental priorities as well as long-term …
Wallarah 2 Rally and Public Hearing
Abigail Boyd attended the Planning Assessment Commission hearing at Wyong Golf Club on Wednesday 5 April 2017 to present the Central Coasts Greens position on the Wallarah 2 coalmining proposal. Such is the concern about the proposed development, it was standing room only. The Greens are strenuously opposed to the proposal on the grounds that it will adversely affect the …
Boyd Wants Smart Transport Solution
Greens candidate for the Gosford by-election, Ms Abigail Boyd, has outlined concerns with the public transport problems facing the electorate. Ms Boyd said she wondered why the NSW Government was knocking down homes for toll roads in Sydney and tunnelling for roads, when 40,000 Central Coast residents commute on slow trains. “We have seen successive governments push serious investment in …