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NSW Labor supports dismantling our Marine Protected Areas
On the last day of Parliament, NSW Labor has joined the Shooters and National Party campaign to dismantle Marine Protected Areas, delivering a significant blow to our iconic coastline environment and regional tourism. Greens MP Ian Cohen is declaring the Labor Party’s moratorium on Marine Protected Areas an absolute betrayal of our coastline.
Inquiry needed to assess impact of a changing climate on NSW’s beaches
The Greens will seek to send legislation that will grant property owners the right to build, without development approval, temporary sea walls on beaches as protection against rising sea levels to a Parliamentary Inquiry this week.
Bill passed to allow elite tourist accommodation and facilities in National Parks
Legislation passed late last night by the NSW Upper House will see some of the State’s most iconic national parks subject to commercial tourist facilities for the elite end of the tourist market at the expense of the general public and environment, the NSW Greens said tonight. “The passing of this legislation with the support of the Opposition threatens the integrity of our National Park estate by allowing areas within the boundaries of National Parks to be developed,” said Ian.
 
More Threatened Species at Risk from Govt’s Chop n’ Swap Biobanking scheme
News the Hills Shire Council is seeking approval to bulldoze sensitive bushland and ‘offset’ it under the State Government’s controversial biobanking scheme highlights the urgent need for a greater scrutiny of the whole process, say the NSW Greens. "Biobanking is increasingly being exposed as a rort, designed purely to approve controversial developments in environmentally sensitive areas,” NSW Greens MLC Ian Cohen said today.
Recognition and Rights of Carers still a long way to go
The recently passed Carer's Recognition Bill, while acknowledging the importance of the 750,000 carers in NSW fell short of giving carers the necessary rights to service they require to enhance their quality of life, the NSW Greens told a summit for carers held at NSW Parliament House. “The Government’s Bill was a small first step for NSW to recognise carers, but must be followed up by a scheme such as a National Disability Insurance Scheme,” said Ian today.
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