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Government spins wheels on Repco Rally economics

NSW Greens MLC Ian Cohen has called on the Government to refer all economic data and analysis associated with the 2009 Repco Rally to the Auditor-General for independent review.
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Waste tip risks Jervis Bay National Park's creeks and wetlands

NSW Greens MLC Ian Cohen has told a community rally outside NSW Parliament today that a proposed waste tip adjacent to Jervis Bay National Park and near creeks and wetlands poses unacceptable environmental risks and mustn't be allowed to proceed.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Program for Appliances for Disabled People

PADP is a program aimed to supply much needed equipment to people with disabilities across New South Wales. Unfortunately, PADP today is drastically underfunded and mismanaged.
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Pushing for a NSW Container Deposit Scheme

Container deposits are a simple program of placing a deposit on a bottle, can or other container that is refunded when the container is returned, thereby giving consumers incentives to do the right thing. In a carbon constrained, sustainability conscious world, Container Deposit Legislation translates to avoided greenhouse gas emissions, avoided landfill space, avoided litter and avoided energy use.
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Marine Parks - Securing a Rich Tapestry of Biodiversity

Eighty percent of the New South Wales population reside within 3 km of the coastline with approximately one third of NSW coastal waters declared as marine parks . Marine and coastal environments are important components of local culture and the State economy . State marine parks are an important tool for managing marine ecosystems and resources.
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Sydney's farms under threat

Sydney’s 8000 farmers, worth $1 billion a year to the NSW economy and who supply us with most of our fresh greens and vegetables are in danger of being run out of town. Already we’ve lost hundreds of hectares of valuable, fertile and irreplaceable farmland in Parklea, Kellyville and Blacktown.
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