2009 media releases

December 2009

Report calls on NSW Government to protect the River Red Gums

China/Australia – trade before human rights?

Cinemas block disability access

‘Closing the Gap’ with Aboriginal cultural fishing rights

Rees for red gums – goal scored

November 2009

Water audit of Lachlan River essential

Government funds private golf clubs ahead of families

Shark nets kill a rare and gentle visitor

Spinal cord injuries week – time to ‘Walk on’

Closure of Kingsdene – disability needs ignored again

Please can we get our money back on bottles Mr Garrett?

$1 million - the cost of community activism

October 2009

DPI calls Dept of Environment staff ‘pseudo-scientists’

Rees wipes out on rockwalls – respect the ocean Nathan or you’ll drown in 2011

Turning a deaf ear to emergency services for hearing impaired

Rail Access program referred to NSW Auditor General

Environment Department sidelining leads to inadequate

September 2009

Climate Change Fund boosts inefficietnt businesses

Greens MLC denies protesters threw rocks at World Car Rally

Did Ian Macdonald kick DECCW inspectors out of the forests?

Repco Rally is a travesty – Cohen attends protests

Repco Rally: Minister hides, Cohen joins protest

August 2009

First step, not last piece, in NSW conservation puzzle

Flying-fox report rejects shooting by fruit farmers

Independent Repco Rally assessments call for Garrett’s attention

Second season of GM Canola brings new contamination fears

July 2009

Rees tries to take carbon credit

Uygur oppression continues as China’s ‘war on terror’

June 2009

Rally legislation gives Macdonald absolute power

Defecating on Democracy

‘Conservation hunting’ like ‘guns for peace’

Australia eats unsafe food whilst we export the good stuff

$33.8 million tossed on the rubbish heap with waste bill

Forestry Minister Macdonald flouts international obligations on Red Gums

May 2009

Greens, Nats agree on North Coast trains

‘Sorry’ for destroying Aboriginal heritage

Greens force action on drink container deposits

The parrot or the job – Macdonald’s misinformation muddle

North Coast emergency response a tribute to community

‘Costs’ of recycling are an inconvenient lie

What is Carmel Tebbutt costing your council?

Big bottlers have the biggest ‘market share’ on litter and lies

MacDonald ‘Out to Lunch’ on River Red Gums

Food for thought on our food supply

Cohen on ‘Target’ to ban plastic bags

April 2009

$450 fine for destroying Aboriginal heritage

March 2009

Ethanol target a red herring not a green solution

DPI’s shark meshing review a joke

More answers needed on Hunters Hill uranium site

Tale of two farmers a warning on GM crops

Boy scout millionaires can now hit NT

Repco car rally organisers: ‘no one’ thinks big of you

Minister caught in nets needs to fly higher

Hunters Hill uranium house buy-back a welcome start

Ratepayers to bear cost of Council errors

Shark hysteria obscures the facts about beach meshing

February 2009

Clean Up Australia Day - Container Deposit Scheme

‘Punishing’ sharks an irresponsible precedent

Emergency Services and Community Heroes Commended

January 2009

NSW Biofuel mandate decision could increase NSW Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 1.5%

NSW Department of Environment runs one of nation’s most cost ineffective waste collection scheme