2006 media releases

December 2006

I’m dreaming of a wet Christmas…

Bob Brown win - fork in the road for Iemma.

Small scale recycling just a drop in the ocean

Government Spin on Water Leaves us Dry

Great White pointer to the future

Summer 2006 – shooting season in NSW

Greens applaud court’s renewed environmental focus

November 2006

Biobashing a windfall for developers

Greens successfully move motion to reconstitute coastal council

Greens condemn over the top police behaviour

Desal Approval underlines Government incompetence

Water Bill acknowledges Sydney Water’s failures

Problems in Tweed outline need for Coastal Council

State Plan Off Target

No Dams - Remember history

Greens welcome NSW renewable energy targets

Healthy communities require healthy rivers

If Howard’s asleep at the wheel, then Costa’s reversing the Carr.

October 2006

Greens applaud anti nuclear motion

Saline Sartor rubs salt in coastal wounds

Loss of Debus a loss for the Environment

Stern Report needs a stern response

Energy Crisis demands fresh thinking

Education the key to road safety

Hunter Environment – some gain, more pain.

Parliament flushes while NSW conserves

Axing of light bulb scheme short sighted

Greens call on NSW Government to reject nuclear option

Cooperation the key to easing water pressure

Government must not go to water on Sydney Harbour

Greens call on Government to debunk marine park myths

Byron Shire leads the way in effluent reuse

Greens call for transparency on logging deals

Greens see red over algae bloom

Climate is right for action on Climate Change

September 2006

Home-grown weeds threaten farmers

Bio-bashing: banking on habitat loss

Govt keeps truckin’ on highway route

Feds hose down NSW on water reform

RTA’s wildlife road toll rises

Will you be a shooting target these holidays?

Another day another study

Green Frog used for fossil fuel industry spin

Broken promises chip away at South East Forests

Climate change film a call to action

Government muscles in on Land Rights

Sydney’s shameful air quality problem

Water vision going down the gurgler

No party for threatened species

Solutions to oil crisis in our backyards

August 2006

Open for hunting, but where are the signs?

Recycling rhetoric clouds real water agenda

Government gives native forests the chop

Labor dances to developer tune in Byron

River health goes down the drain

Toxic Sydney: How deep does it run?

Thirsty wetlands get a small taste of recovery

Air ‘con’ for state’s residents

Trading away the environment with ‘biobanking’ plan

State (election) Plan: the devil’s in the detail

July 2006

No halt to destruction of forests on private land

Bushland bulldozed: Labor a toothless tiger on landclearing

Coastline a casualty if climate change ignored

Victoria leaves New South Wales for dead on renewable energy

Hunters to fire at will in State Forests

Selling the lungs of western Sydney will choke families

NAIDOC week: repay stolen wages, allow land council elections

June 2006

Metering trial is glass half empty

Pacific Highway path invisible

Pacific Highway concerns overtaken by Sydney roads.

Practical skills best option for Aboriginal people

Land clearing greatest threat to Murray River / Sharks left without protection

We have the water, but do we have the will?

Forest destruction to continue unchecked

No secret Snowy sell-off: Greens bill passes Upper House

Budget wastes away on water and power

Water and Energy the Focus for World Environment Day

World Environment Day - Greens MP Calls on Parliament to go Geothermal

May 2006

Iemma overrides Costa on Environment

Sorry Day – NSW yet to repay Stolen Wages

Legal advice on Snowy must suspend sale

Nuclear Reactor – will it be in your backyard?

Greens Support Conservation Farmers for Rural Rates Revolt

Nuclear energy part of the problem, not the solution

New Snowy Hydro directors show us the truth beneath the spin:

Murray River Rescue Betrayed by Clearfelling

Greens Welcome Water Recycling at Kurnell

Government toilet habits – some runs on the board

Iemma Government Undermines Wran’s Forest Protection Legacy

Greens Win Snowy Inquiry

Greens call for Coffer Dam in Homebush Bay to Stop Spread of Dioxins

Greenhouse shambles

April 2006

Premier must listen to the people on Snowy sale

Recreational fishing must now close as well

Greens Call to Abandon Outdated Shark Nets

Snowy Investigation Before Privatisation

Government weak on landclearing law enforcement

March 2006

Shark repellent devices the alternative to the death nets

Iemma should have the courage to put Snowy Hydro sell off to a vote in the NSW Parliament

Extended Producer Responsibility should lead to Container Deposit Legislation for NSW

Energy Savings Fund must be backed up with teeth

Iemma should back Beazley with renewables target for NSW

Minister urged to protect farmers from toxic incinerator

Hunters given access to future National Parks

Protest for forests at Polish consulate

Iemma should back Clean Up Day with Container Deposit Legislation

New Minister agrees to look into Pacific Highway upgrade

February 2006

Iemma should match SA Liberals on Greenhouse

NSW Forest sell off alarm

Opposition should come clean on National Parks

Water fund good but Government needs to get tougher

Inquiry a chance to plunge into sustainable water future

Control and encouragement urgently needed to stop land clearing

Snowy River Sell-off Leaves States up the Creek

Greens urge action on climate change at COAG meeting

Remediation of Toxic Sites Urgently Needed

Dam Good Decisions on Desalination and Tallowa

Government Fails Grey Nurse Sharks Again

Premier’s Hypocrisy on Climate Change

Sydneysiders Show Government Way on Water Saving

January 2006

Premier should use reshuffle to drop desalination

Greens force release of new desalination documents

Permanent water restrictions needed

Greenpeace actions part of great Australia tradition

Premier must allow a genuine desalination review