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NSW spared simplistic league tables

Parents, schools and students in NSW will not be subjected to damaging simplistic comparisons of schools based on common testing results. A Greens amendment accepted by the NSW parliament last week prohibits newspapers published in this state from printing simplistic league tables.
 
The Rees government's Publication of School Results Bill  hands over the HSC and common skills testing results of every school in this state to the federal government's website. Without the Greens amendment there would have been no restriction on the use of the data. The change avoids much of the potential damage that simplistic league tables would have had on educational outcomes and on disadvantaged schools. Community members will still be able to access detailed information about all schools in the state including test results.
 
The Opposition who supported the amendment are under pressure from elements of the media to reverse their support for this projection. 
 
Go to the stop-league-tables website for more information and to become involved in the campaign to maintain the ban on simplistic and damaging league tables.

Read Greens NSW MP John Kaye's opinion piece School league tables must be stopped published in the Sydney Morning Herald, 30 June 2009

Donate to the Greens NSW today!

The Greens NSW have released a new video (left) about the shameful state of politics in NSW.  The Greens are seeking donations from ordinary people to help fund our campaigns.  If enough people give just a little, together we can make a big difference.
- Donate online to the Greens NSW
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Abortion law reform - It's time in NSW

Abortion remains a serious criminal offence in NSW, attracting a prison sentence of up to 10 years. It has been left to judges to spell out in what circumstances an abortion can occur lawfully. A woman or doctor can still be prosecuted in NSW and it is open for a conservative judge to change the rules on when a lawful abortion can occur. 

Keep Prisons Public

The Greens believe that introducing the profit motive into the prisons system is not in the interests of prison officers, prisoners or the rest of the community. Making corporate profits from punishment is unethical. Prisoners are removed from society to protect public safety, deter others and to be rehabilitated, not to be fodder for corporate profit. The government has an obligation to run the prisons system in the best  interests of society. See http://www.stopthecelloff.org.au

C'mon Carmel - End NSW South East Forests Woodchipping

Carmel Tebbutt, the local MP for Marrickville and the NSW Minister for Environment and Climate Change has the power to save the south east forests from destruction by closing the South East Fibre Exports (SEFE) woodchip mill at Eden.

Join the campaign to put Carmel Tebbutt in the hot seat. Visit the Greens campaign website.

Donations scandals continue to abound

Millions of dollars in donations continue to flow to the major parties, while the major parties have reduced the transparency of their fundraising activities. 

See the full story at the Greens Donations website: www.democracy4sale.org

Tillegra Dam: from white elephant to the Hunter’s own desal debacle

The Rees government is set to replicate the planning errors of Sydney’s desalination plant by imposing an expensive and unnecessary water supply project on Newcastle residents.  In early March 2009, Government MPs, the Shooters Party and Fred Nile ganged up to defeat a Greens motion to lift the secrecy around documents relating to the planning of this controversial project.  NSW remains the state of secrecy.

For more information go to www.notillegradam.com or www.johnkaye.org.au

The Victorian Bushfires

Greening the Future

Climate change means the way we live has to change.  The Greens want that change to mean a cleaner, more sustainable and fairer way of life.  Neighbourhoods across the country are coming together to work out how they are going to tackle climate change and are finding surprising benefits. Read the article: Greening the future