2008 media releases

December 2008

Rudd: the devil in climate change hell

Greens MP enlists in Guerrilla Tactics against Plastic Bags

60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights highlights pitfalls of NSW Stolen Wages system

Banjo Patterson rolls in his grave over amendments to Travelling Stock Routes

November 2008

Orica Toxic Waste at it Again!

Container Deposit Myth Busting with Ian Cohen

Greens MP calls on Government to reprioritise Soil Carbon Sequestration

Government Commandeers Shark Net Biodiversity Loss

Climate Change Fund for NSW coasts also needs change in planning culture

Greens MP Calls on Local Government to carry the flag on Container Deposits

October 2008

Good Enough to Sell! Good Enough to Keep!

September 2008

Is NSW listening to Garnaut warning bell?

Nuclear waste on site is Responsible

Will Legislative change save the Murray Darling?

Government response to CPRS forgets the forests

Tebbutt has a lot to learn from Carr

Not a drop to spare: NSW Government needs to take a second look at water allocations

Toorale Station purchase good news for the Darling and Warrego rivers

Statement of support for New Tang Dynasty Television

August 2008

Baby whales beware: shark nets in tomorrow

Costa - the Rasputin of NSW

July 2008

Emissions Trading Scheme - Green Spin. Environment is ‘collateral damage’

Greens support ALP disability funding breakthrough

ITS ALL HOLY WATER ROUND HERE

‘Minister for ethanol’s grain-guzzling fuel no solution to $8 petrol

Greens MP: include biofuels in emissions trading

June 2008

Government malaise on disability equipment to be examined by Inquiry

GM canola information blackout continues

Rip Curl ‘drops in’ at Lennox Head

NSW isolated on ethanol mandate as new report claims 30 million pushed into poverty

Attorney General muzzled by Costa

5 billion reasons why NSW should follow SA and ban the plastic bag

Greens MP calls on Costa to use coal money to fund relocation of Kiribati to NSW

Hose your driveway this World Environment Day

Rome to Costa: grain guzzling biofuels increase food prices

May 2008

NSW Government joins in Coca Cola greenwash

CORRECTION: NSW Government joins in Coca Cola greenwash

Health Minister clueless on NSW Program of Appliances for Disabled People (PADP)

Greens to Coca Cola: “stop political donations, start container deposit”

People with disabilities further disabled by equipment delays

April 2008

Government inquiry sweeps Container Deposit Legislation under the landfill carpet

Industry trashed on packaging waste: Greens’ container deposit law now

Industry trashed on packaging waste: Greens’ container deposit law now

Agriculture Minister on public right to know: “I am not giving any undertakings regarding a question from you on this matter"

March 2008

Costa mitigation plan a must if new climate adaptation plan to succeed

Minister dodges GM question on conflict of interest

Iemma Government corrupts NSW agriculture – GM canola legalised

February 2008

Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, jailed by China, welcomed by the NSW Parliament

Legal advice torpedoes protection for GM-free farmers

January 2008

Iemma soft on environmental crime

GM food crops the new ‘Tcard’ from a Government ‘failing at every level’

Macquarie Marshes ‘off the wagon’. 1st drink in 7 years – but still not enough!

Richmond River fish kill: Government’s head in wet sand

Government all tanked up but flush not so flash