Environment

Audio of press conference Canberra 16 08 11

Greencast | Spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young
Tuesday 16th August 2011, 3:29pm

Audio from Sen. Hanson-Young's door stop on the latest developments with immigration policy and the Malaysia deal.

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Delay is the deadliest form of denial

Media Release | Spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young
Thursday 11th August 2011, 4:16pm

The Australian Greens say the Murray Darling Basin Authority's second delay in eight days to the draft report means there's less time for the parliament and public to assess its contents.

River to suffer from delays to Murray Darling plan

Media Release | Spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young
Wednesday 3rd August 2011, 1:28pm

The Australian Greens are concerned by yet another delay in releasing the draft report by the Murray Darling Basin Authority.

Greens welcome SA government study into environmental water requirements for Murray Darling Basin

Media Release | Spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young
Wednesday 27th July 2011, 5:12pm

The Greens have welcomed the SA government's environmental water requirements study, which has been peer-reviewed by the Goyder Institute, to demonstrate what is needed to keep the Murray mouth open and ensure a healthy river system.

Woodside accused of trespass as gas hub workers attempt to bypass protestors

Media Release | Spokesperson Rachel Siewert
Wednesday 27th July 2011, 1:33pm

Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert has called on Woodside to better educate its workforce about respect for Aboriginal land after it emerged that contractors are driving across Aboriginal land in a bid to get around James Price Point protestors.

Heritage sites under threat as Environment Minister continues to ignore pleas for help

Media Release | Spokesperson Rachel Siewert
Wednesday 27th July 2011, 11:41am

Aggressive land clearing by Woodside is continuing to endanger important Aboriginal heritage at James Price Point, as desperate locals wait for the Environment Minister to make a decision on a Section 9 emergency application made last week.


Bandt bill on alpine grazing still needed

Media Release | Spokesperson Adam Bandt MP
Thursday 21st July 2011, 12:02pm

Greens MP Adam Bandt has backed a move by the Minister Tony Burke to further extend Commonwealth environmental controls over national parks, but warned it may not stop the Victorian government's plan for cattle grazing in the Alpine National Park.‪

Greens MP Adam Bandt warned that any move to list national parks may need agreement from state governments, which could take months or years, but that any attempt to reintroduce cattle into Victoria's Alpine National Park by the Baillieu government could be overruled by his bill before the Federal Parliament.‪‪

Mr Bandt said that if the Victorian government refused to participate in or sought to circumvent the Environment Minister's latest move, he would move ahead with a bill to comprehensively ban cattle from the park.‪‪

The Green's Environment and Biodiversity Conservation (Abolition of Alpine Grazing) Bill 2011 can be voted on in the next sitting of Parliament.‪‪

"The grazing season is only a couple of months away, so I am concerned the Minister's proposal may not be in time to stop the State government's plan to resume damage to the Alpine National Park," Mr Bandt said.‪‪

"Reintroduction of cattle into the beautiful Alpine National Park would be an act of environmental vandalism."‪‪

"The Premier can try any underhand methods that he likes but if my bill passes through Parliament it is game over."‪‪

"If the Victorian government tries to get around the Minister's restrictions, I would expect Labor to get behind a complete ban and support my bill."‪

Why this is better than Rudd's scheme

Blog Post | Blog of Sarah Hanson-Young
Wednesday 13th July 2011, 1:27pm

There are more than 13 billion reasons why the climate package unveiled on Sunday is better at putting a price on pollution than its predecessor.