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GREENS E-BRIEF 201

Thursday 20 March 2008


 IN THIS E-BRIEF


 1. From the Offices of Greens MPs in NSW

 2. Coming events involving Greens

 3. What's on?

 4. Hot website tips

 5. Campaigns

 6. Inquiries and Calls for Submissions

 7. Job advertisements and volunteer positions

 8. Contact details for Greens MPs

 9. Submitting Items For E-Brief


 1. FROM THE OFFICES OF GREENS MPs IN NSW

 (Contact details for all Greens MPs in NSW are at the end of this email)


 IAN COHEN MLC

 www.iancohen.org.au

  ian.cohen@parliament.nsw.gov.au

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 GAME HUNTING TO GO AHEAD IN BELANGLO STATE FOREST

 NSW Minister for Primary Industries, Ian

 Macdonald has proposed the establishment of game

 shooting in Belanglo State Forest. On 7 April

 2008, the declaration made by the Minister will

 come into full effect and allow shooters to hunt

 in the State Forest for the next 5 years. The

 declaration, made under the Game And Feral Animal

 Control Act 2002, will allow the Games Council to

 licence shooters to hunt animals declared under

 the Act. Unsurprisingly, there has been virtually

 no public consultation or notification and the

 threat to public safety disregarded.


 GM CANOLA APPROVED FOR COMMERCIAL USE IN NSW

 Last Friday, the NSW Minister for Primary

 Industries, published his approval of two

 licensed GMOs, Roundup Ready(R) canola and InVigor(R)

 hybrid canola. The approval by the Minister is

 protected from any review by a court of law. The

 Minister - with the assistance of the Expert

 Committee whose membership is yet to be disclosed

 to the public - is making decisions that

 significantly impact upon the health and safety

 of this State without any judicial oversight.


 Ian's office is currently distributing petitions

 to end the approval of GM crops for commercial

 production in New South Wales' and retain the

 State's GM-free status. If you can assist by

 distributing the petitions and collecting

 signatures from your local groups please email

 Scott at scott.hickie@parliament.nsw.gov.au .

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 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS TAKEOVER OF STATE PARKS

 Department of Lands have initiated a new land

 grab to gain administrative control over Manning

 Entrance State Park, Harrington Beach State Park

 and Bellinger Heads State Park. The areas, which

 had been earmarked for declaration as Regional

 Parks under the National Park and Wildlife Act,

 will now fall within the responsibility of the

 Department of Lands. This raises a number of

 issues relating to the capacity of the Department

 to sufficiently undertake its conservation

 management obligations and whether the Department

 has a budget to appropriately manage the park.

 SYLVIA HALE MLC

 www.sylviahale.org.au

  sylvia.hale@parliament.nsw.gov.au

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 GREENS BILL TO BAN DEVELOPER DONATIONS WILL END STATE-RUN EXTORTION RACKET

 On 3 April this year my private members Bill to

 amend the Environmental Planning and Assessment

 Act is scheduled to be introduced into the

 parliament. The Bill will make it an offence for

 a property developer to make a donation to a

 political party or candidate and for a political

 party or candidate to accept a donation from a

 property developer. It will also ban a developer

 who has made a political donation from submitting

 a development application for twelve months.


 PUBLIC FORUM ON DEVELOPER DONATIONS

 The introduction of the Bill will be preceded by

 a Public Forum on Developer Donations to be held

 in the Parliament House Theatrette on Tuesday 1

 April from 12:30 to 2:00 pm.

 http://www.sylvia.nsw.greens.org.au/webdocs/080317_donations_public_forum_flier.pdf

 This Bill will provide the test of whether the

 Labor and Liberal parties are serious about

 cleaning up the political funding system.

 Successive Liberal and Labor state governments

 have turned the NSW planning system into little

 more than a state-run extortion racket.

 Developers know that if they want to do business

 in NSW they will need to donate (ie give a cut of

 their profits) to whichever major party is in power at the time.


 Premier Iemma denies that donations affect

 Ministers' decisions, but he is treating the

 public like mugs. No-one accepts that the Labor

 Party should be allowed to solicit donations from

 a developer at the same time that a Labor

 Minister is making a decision that could be worth

 millions of dollars to that developer. It is a

 blatant conflict of interest and Labor refuses to

 recognise it. That is because where the public

 sees a conflict of interest, Labor sees a fundraising opportunity.


 If you are concerned about the way our planning

 system is being corrupted by political donations

 I encourage you to come along to the public forum

 on 1 April and make your voice heard.

 JOHN KAYE MLC

 www.johnkaye.org.au

  john.kaye@parliament.nsw.gov.au

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 GOVERNMENT FUNDING POLICIES ARE DAMAGING PUBLIC SCHOOL DIVERSITY

 Badly designed state and federal government

 subsidies are polarising education and driving

 middle class students out of public schools. The

 Federal government's funding formula aggressively

 rewards private schools that take students away

 from public schools that serve disadvantaged communities.

 http://www.johnkaye.org.au/media/government-funding-policies-are-damaging-public-school-diversity/

 SNOWY HYDRO MANAGEMENT LINING UP IN SELL-OFF PUSH

 The CEO of Snowy Hydro is using his

 organisation's money to spread propaganda pushing

 for privatisation of Australia's largest

 renewable energy organisation. Mr Charlton's

 extraordinary behaviour highlights the

 vulnerability of public ownership of the Snowy if

 the Iemma government gets its way with the state's electricity industry.

 http://www.johnkaye.org.au/media/snowy-hydro-management-lining-up-in-sell-off-push/

 ENVIRONMENT MOVEMENT NOT HEARD IN UNSWORTH REPORT

 The Greens are gravely disappointed that Total

 Environment Centre (TEC) Director Jeff Angel has

 supported NSW Treasurer Michael Costa's scheme to

 sell-off the electricity industry. He has been

 prepared to trade off the environmental and

 social benefits of public ownership for the

 flimsy chance that some of his suggestions might be adopted.

 http://www.johnkaye.org.au/media/environment-movement-not-heard-in-unsworth-report/

 REGIONAL TOUR TO STOP PRIVATISATION CONTINUES

 John has visited Newcastle, Maitland, Bowral and

 Redfern in the last two weeks to speak at public

 events about electricity privatisation. People

 across NSW are increasingly aware that public

 ownership is crucial to reducing greenhouse gas

 emissions. The Greens will continue to work

 alongside unions and community groups to keep

 pressure on all members of parliament to oppose the sale.


 COSTA'S POWER SELL-OFF UNDERMINES CARBON TRADING SCHEME

 The national greenhouse gas emissions trading

 scheme is under threat from NSW Treasurer Michael

 Costa's desperate attempts to prop up the

 sell-off of the state's electricity industry. The

 NSW government has joined forces with the

 greenhouse mafia to have coal-fired generators

 sheltered from the costs of carbon trading.

 http://www.johnkaye.org.au/media/costas-power-sell-off-undermines-carbon-trading-scheme/

 JOHN WELCOMES INTERNATIONAL BURMESE MONKS ORGANISATION

 As President of the Australian Coalition for

 Democracy in Burma (ACDB), John welcomed the

 Chairman of the International Burmese Monks

 Organisation, Sayadaw U Pannya Vamsath, to NSW

 Parliament to discuss the situation in Burma and

 how Australia could help through targeted

 sanctions and suspension of military aid. The

 meeting was very positive, and will inspire the ACDB's work in 2008.

 SEN. KERRY NETTLE

 www.kerrynettle.org.au

  kerry.nettle@aph.gov.au

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 BRIDGING VISA E HOLDERS

 Kerry pursued the new Immigration Minister,

 Senator Evans this week with a question on

 bridging visas.  Currently, many people holding a

 Bridging Visa E (including asylum seekers) are

 denied work rights and access to basic social

 services such as health care.  They are forced to

 work illegally or rely on charity.  This

 situation can go on for years. Prior to the 2007

 election both the Greens and Labor supported

 granting work rights to Bridging Visa E

 holders.  The Labor government has yet to make

 any substantive changes, however, the Minister

 agreed that the current policy renders a person

 destitute, is "indefensible" and promised

 changes. Kerry will continue to pursue this

 matter until there is a change of policy that

 allows people to support themselves and live in

 dignity whilst their immigration status is finalised.


 ABOLISHING THE AUSAID ABORTION BAN

 Kerry has been lobbying the government to

 overturn the ban on AusAID funding going to

 projects that provide information and access to

 abortion and the full range of contraception

 options. This ban was the result of a deal struck

 with conservative Senator Brian Harradine and

 contributes to the unnecessary suffering and

 death of women in developing countries. This week

 Labor established a caucus committee to look at

 the ban. Read more at www.kerrynettle.org.au


 TELECOMMUNICATIONS BILL

 The Telecommunications (Interception and Access)

 Amendment Bill introduced into the Senate this

 week is, in words of the Law Council, "yet

 another incremental expansion in the

 telecommunication interception powers of ASIO and

 law enforcement agencies." Although criticised by

 Labor when in opposition the provisions were set

 to be rushed through Parliament without any

 scrutiny by a Senate Committee. At the last

 moment the government has relented and is

 supporting an examination of the bill by a Senate

 inquiry. To find out how to make a submission to

 the inquiry contact Kerry's office.

 LEE RHIANNON MLC

 www.leerhiannon.org.au

  lee.rhiannon@parliament.nsw.gov.au

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 PEAK OIL RESPONSE PLAN BILL

 Bruce Robinson, convenor of the Association for

 the Study of Peak Oil Australia, joined me at the

 launch of the Greens Peak Oil Response Plan

 Bill.  If passed the Bill would require the

 government to establish an Oil Vulnerability

 Taskforce, fast track public transport services,

 bring in a moratorium on new motorways and

 prioritise petrol for facilities such as

 hospitals, schools and emergency services. I have

 called on Premier Morris Iemma to work with his

 federal colleagues to remove the GST on public

 transport as part of a comprehensive oil

 vulnerability plan.

 http://news.theage.com.au/sydney-must-prepare-now-for-peak-oil/20080317-1zwt.html

 GOVT BETRAYS RAIL PROMISE

 Premier Iemma's decision to sideline the North

 West rail line in favour of a metro rail line is

 a blow to commuters who were promised a high

 capacity rail service to Sydney's North West to

 meet the demands of future growth.  For months

 the RTA and the Treasury have undermined the

 government's promised new rail links. After the

 numerous broken promises on public transport -

 millennium trains, Chatswood to Parramatta rail

 link and the T-card - the future of this project

 is under a cloud. http://lee.greens.org.au/index.php/content/view/2455/50/


 LIBERALS TRIP OVER THEIR DONATIONS

 When the Liberals staged their own $10,000 a

 table fund raiser I called on Barry O'Farrell to

 immediately post on his party's website the names

 of donors coming to this fundraiser and the

 amounts they donated. Under the current electoral

 laws the public will not know who the majority of

 these donors are until after the 2011 state

 election.  http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/14/2189870.htm


 ICAC FAIL TO INVESTIGATE SARTOR

 Unfortunately the corruption watchdog ICAC has

 knocked back my request that they investigate

 Planning Minister Frank Sartor's possible role in

 soliciting developers to come to his own fundraiser.

 http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/no-probe-of-alleged-sartor-call/2008/03/07/1204780065512.html

 WORLD YOUTH DAY

 I have welcomed Catholic World Youth Day and

 called on the government to provide details of

 the costs and closures to roads and parks.

 http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/public-servants-paid-to-volunteer/2008/03/08/1204780125714.html


 http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/costa-sidesteps-the-issues-and-plays-the-dance-card/2008/03/06/1204779968966.html

 APEC POWERS REMAIN

 I called on the Attorney General to drop plans to

 retain the special powers given to police during

 last year's APEC summit. These powers were

 excessive, unnecessary and shouldn't continue in NSW.

 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/12/2186999.htm


 2. COMING EVENTS INVOLVING GREENS


 EXHIBITION AND DISCUSSION ON PHOTOACTIVISM

 Wednesday 26 March

 Australian Centre for Photography

 257 Oxford Street Paddington


 Exhibition of the work of Dutch photographer

 Robert Knoth and panel discussion on

 photoactivism to examine the ways photographs

 have been used as a tool by activists both historically and today.


 Panel discussion hosted by Greens MP Lee Rhiannon

 Guests include Robert Knoth, Antoinette De Jong,

 Dean Sewell and Michelle Thomas.


 Exhibition images from the Ukraine, Russia, and

 Kazakhstan are powerful portraits of ordinary

 people who live in small towns close to nuclear

 reactors. Their lives have been devastated by the

 effects of radiation and they make a compelling

 case against nuclear power. Sponsored by the

 Mondriaan Foundation and Greenpeace.


 POWER SELL-OFF PROTEST MEETING

 Sat 29 March

 From 2pm

 Demon Sports Club

 162 Propsect Hwy, Seven Hills


 Speakers include Greens MP John Kaye, Matt

 Thistlethwaite from Unions NSW and Belinda Crawley, union rep.


 PUBLIC FORUM ON DEVELOPER DONATIONS

 Tuesday 1 April

 12:30 to 2:00 pm

 Parliament House Theatrette


 Should political donations from property developers be banned outright?


 Hosted by Greens MP Sylvia Hale


 More info:

 http://www.sylvia.nsw.greens.org.au/webdocs/080317_donations_public_forum_flier.pdf


 TIME TO BAN POLITICAL DONATIONS  - GREENS PUBLIC FORUM

 Thursday 3rd April

 6.15 - 8.30 pm

 Waverley Woollahra Arts Centre, 138 Bondi Rd

 (opposite Park Pde & Waverley Oval)


 Organised by Waverley Greens & Woollahra Greens. Drinks & Snacks provided


 Speakers -

 Lee Rhiannon, Greens MP

 Cr. David Shoebridge, Woollahra Greens Councillor

 Dr Norman Thompson, Director Democracy4sale Project


 Join us to discuss how to get rid of corrupting

 political donations and clean up democracy in

 NSW. RSVP: Susan Jarnason 0421 797 063


 CLIMATE CHANGE | SOCIAL CHANGE

 11-13 April

 Sydney Girls High School


 A conference to strengthen radical social action to stop climate change.


 The need for social change has become an urgent

 part of preventing catastrophic climate change.

 Can the market fix the problem? What is the real

 record of carbon trading? How can we build a

 social movement capable of averting this

 disaster? What models and experiences can offer

 real solutions? Wide list of speakers includes

 Greens MPs John Kaye and Sylvia Hale.


 For more information on plenaries and workshops,

 and to register visit

 http://www.greenleft.org.au/conference.php or

 email climateconf@greenleft.org.au

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 Childcare will be available on April 12-13.

 Please indicate by March 31 if you will need it and for what ages.

 3. WHAT'S ON

 CUBAN PERMACULTURIST AUSTRALIAN SPEAKING TOUR - ROBERTO PEREZ

 12-30 March

 Various parts of NSW


 Roberto Perez, the Cuban permaculturist and

 educator featured in the film "The Power of

 Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil" will tour

 Australia in March and April sharing the Cuban

 experience. Roberto works for the Cuban

 environment group, the Foundation for Nature and Humanity.


 Tour takes in Byron Bay, Nimbin, Lismore, Sydney, Katoomba, Bega

 Details are online at

 http://leftclickblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/roberto-perez-cuban-permaculturist.html


 ERIC AARONS' BOOK LAUNCH: "MARKET VERSUS NATURE:

 THE SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY OF FRIEDRICH HAYEK"

 Friday March 28

 Gleebooks - 49 Glebe Point Road

 6 to 8.30pm


 The book will be launched by Dr Steve Keen,

 Associate Professor of Economics and Finance at

 the University of Western Sydney. The proceedings

 will be facilitated by Dr Pat Ranald of the

 Australian Free Trade and Investment Network (AFTINET)

 TRIVIA QUIZ FUN NIGHT - PROGRESSIVE PSA FUNDRAISER

 Friday 28 March

 6pm - 9pm

 Sydney Mechanics School of Arts

 280 Pitt Street SYDNEY.


 Supper/tea/coffee included. Drinks available.

 $30 special election year supporters price; $25 others; $5 kids.

 Limited seats available, book now!


 Contact: Paul Petersen (02) 9228 3929; ppsa@progressivepsa.org

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 For more information: www.progressivepsa.org/events.html

 PLATYPUS POPULATION SURVEY

 5-6 and 12-13 April


 NPA Macarthur Branch are holding a platypus

 survey in the Dharawal SCA south of Campbelltown,

 over the first two weekends in April, and are

 looking for volunteers to come along and help.

 The best time to look for platypus is at dawn and

 dusk and we intend holding sessions of

 approximately 2.1/2 hours long. Camping is

 available and food supplied, although we will

 need help with the cooking and washing up. As the

 weekend is being funded by the NPWS there is no

 cost to participants. If anyone is interested

 please contact us on bazpat@bigpond.com asap

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 PUBLIC FORUM: UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON MINORITY RIGHTS

 Monday 7 April

 6-8pm

 Level 61

 Governor Phillip Tower

 1 Farrer Place, Sydney


 Gay McDougall is the UN Independent Expert on

 Minority Rights and Chair of the Coordinating

 Committee of UN Human Rights Special Procedures.

 She has previously been a member of the UN

 Committee on the Elimination of Racial

 Discrimination, the UN Sub-Commission on

 Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, and the

 UN Special Rapporteur on Systemic Rape and Sexual

 Slavery.  From 1994 to 2006, Ms McDougall worked

 as the Executive Director of a major

 international human rights organisation, Global Rights.


 The forum is organised by the National

 Association of Community Legal Centres, the

 Public Interest Advocacy Centre, the Australian

 Human Rights Centre and Kingsford Legal Centre.


 RSVP ESSENTIAL: Ka Ki 02 8898 6500 or kaki@piac.asn.au

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 NPA CONFERENCE

 Wednesday 9 April

 9am to 5pm

 Australian Museum, Sydney


 Travelling Stock Networks:  Biodiversity Highway of the Eastern Inland


 This groundbreaking conference is bringing

 community, academics and government together from

 Victoria, NSW and Queensland. The Travelling

 Stock Network has significant conservation values

 that will be  highlighted throughout the program.

 This is an opportunity to explore future

 directions and resourcing for the management of

 these vital broad landscape linkages. It is of

 interest to bird watchers, field naturalists,

 ecologists, researchers, conservationists, land managers and decision makers.


 Registration due by 2 April. For registration details go to www.npansw.org.au

 INSPIRACTIVISM - LEARNING FROM OUR PAST, PLANNING FOR OUR FUTURE

 10, 12, 19 April

 Sydney CBD


 SEARCH Foundation is initiating an exciting new

 training program for young activists interested

 and engaged in left/progressive social change.


 The training sessions will consist of an

 inter-generational dialogue and exchange with

 veteran activists who will share their

 experiences, knowledge and ideas with younger

 activists. Participants will also have the

 opportunity to take part in a mentoring program

 with a veteran activist as well as help create an

 activist network where support can be given and information is freely shared.


 We are seeking young individuals (18 - 26) who:

 -       are currently active on social/political issues

 -       are from diverse backgrounds

 -       want to join a learning circle

 -       are interested in learning about historical social movements

 -       want to explore the 'big picture'

 -       are available for all dates listed below


 The training sessions will be held on two

 consecutive Saturdays with an introduction

 session on the Thursday night before:

 Dates: Thursday 10th April

 (6:00pm-8:00pm),  Saturday (full day) 12th April,

 Saturday (full day) 19th April

 Location: Ground Floor Training Room, Unions NSW, 377 Sussex St, Sydney.

 Cost: $20 to cover lunch on both Saturdays

 EARTHWORKS - WEEKEND WORKSHOP

 Reconnecting to Earth and Inspiring Change


 11 (eve) - 13 April

 Stroud Monastery

 $165 - $130


 Join us for a weekend of exploring connections

 between social change and personal change,

 connections to earth, community and ourselves.

 Inspired by the work of Joanna Macy. Be re-inspired and rejuvenated.


 Enquiries: earthworks@planet-save.com or contact Claire Dunn on 0419634578

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 WILDENDURANCE CHALLENGE: 100KMS IN 48 HOURS

 3-4 May

 Blue Mountains


 The Wilderness Society is excited to announce its

 inaugural WILDENDURANCE challenge: a new 100km

 team event to be staged in the stunning Blue

 Mountains World Heritage area on the weekend of 3/4 May 2008.


 Working in teams, participants will challenge

 their personal limits while raising funds to

 support The Wilderness Society's conservation

 campaigns for a brighter, more secure future.


 Teams of 4-6 people will trek on foot together

 through mountain wilderness, choosing either to

 complete the entire 100km course together or

 divide into two relay groups each travelling 50km

 over 48 hours.  The course passes through some of

 Australia's most iconic scenery including the

 world famous Three Sisters and the stunning Jamison valley.


 www.wildendurance.org


 IMAGINING THE REAL: LIFE ON A GREENHOUSE EARTH

 11-12 June

 Australian National University, Canberra


 Speakers include climate scientists: Prof Barry

 Brook, Prof Ian Enting, Prof Janette Lindesay,

 Prof Graeme Pearman, Dr Barrie Pittock, Prof Will

 Steffen; Earth and prehistory scientists: Dr

 Geoff Davies, Dr David Denham, Dr Andrew Glikson

 (conference convenor), Dr Simon Haberle, Prof

 Malcolm McCulloch, Dr Bradley Opdyke; political

 leaders: Senator Lyn Allison, Dr Carmen Lawrence,

 Senator Christine Milne; environmental lawyers:

 Phillip Toyne, Andrew MacIntosh; health and

 population experts: Prof Stephen Boyden, Dr Bryan

 Furnass (conference co-convenor), Prof Tony

 McMichael, Dr Sue Wareham; humanists: Phillip Adams, Dr Paul

 Collins, Tony Kevin, Dierk von Behrens; poet: Mark O'Connor.


 More info: http://www.manningclark.org.au/events/diary_events.html#jun08


 4. HOT WEBSITE TIPS


 http://nano.foe.org.au

 Friends of the Earth Nanotechnology Project aims

 to catalyse debate on what is set to be one of

 the defining issues of our time. Includes the new

 report "Out of the laboratory and on to our

 plates: Nanotechnology in food and agriculture".

 5. CAMPAIGNS


 PUBLIC POWER NOT PRIVATE PROFIT

 On 10 December NSW Premier Morris Iemma announced

 his intention to sell NSW's electricity retailers

 and to lease the publicly-owned power stations.

 The Greens are committed to keeping the

 electricity industry in public hands. Many local

 groups are already very active and are

 campaigning hard with public events, stalls,

 petitions, etc, and the MPs have been travelling

 across NSW to speak about this issue.


 Over the coming weeks pole posters will be put up

 around Sydney as part of the Greens' campaign.

 Web resources continue to be added at

 http://www.johnkaye.org.au/no-sell-off. For

 copies of leaflets, petitions, posters and other

 materials, contact John's office on 02 9230 2668

 or email justin.whelan@parliament.nsw.gov.au .

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 The union movement and progressive groups are

 also organising to stop the sale, and Premier

 Iemma and his Treasurer Michael Costa are facing

 considerable pressure from within their own party to reject the sale.


 ACT NOW: With a single mouse click you can send

 an email to members of the NSW Upper House asking

 them to oppose Treasurer Michael Costa's

 electricity industry privatisation: www.johnkaye.org.au/eprotest


 To find out more about the recently formed

 Anti-Privatisation Working Group contact Liz

 Humphrys at lizhumphrys@gmail.com

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 OIL PROOF NSW NOW! THE GREENS PEAK OIL CAMPAIGN

 In 2002, the price of petrol was 84 cents for a

 litre. Today the price is 60 percent higher. The

 era of cheap, plentiful and easily accessible oil

 is coming to an end and the knock-on effect of

 peak oil and climate change will transform NSW.

 The NSW government must act to reduce Sydney's

 dependence on fossil fuels to preserve dwindling

 oil stocks for rural communities.


 Write to Premier Iemma today and urge him to stop

 pouring billions of dollars into building more

 motorways. Instead, he must start investing in

 more rail, light rail, buses and safe bicycle and

 pedestrian routes. Write to Premier Iemma at

  thepremier@www.nsw.gov.au or at Parliament House, Macquarie St, Sydney 2000.

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 Download the Greens leaflet and find out more

 about the campaign at Lee Rhiannon's website http://www.lee.greens.org.au

 ETHICS EDUCATION IN PLACE OF SPECIAL RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

 A small campaign group has formed to promote the

 cause of having alternative classes to special

 religious education, such as a class on ethics.

 The group is in its infancy and is actively

 recruited new people. Go to

 http://groups.google.com/group/ethicseducationnsw to join up.


 6. INQUIRIES AND CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS


 GARNAUT CLIMATE CHANGE REVIEW

 The Garnaut Review has released an issues paper

 on what should be done about greenhouse gas

 emissions from transport, land use and buildings.

 Its only 11 pages and just outlines the issues

 without much detail. Of note is that it raises

 the need for complementary measures to an

 emissions trading scheme to address the various

 barriers to reducing emissions in these sectors.

 The need for travel behaviour change is mentioned briefly.


 The Garnaut review is seeking public responses to

 various questions included in the paper, so you

 may like to consider putting in a submission to

 highlight the importance of public transport. Submissions close on 11 April.

 http://www.garnautreview.org.au/CA25734E0016A131/WebObj/IssuesPaper5-Transport,planningandbuiltenvironment/$File/Issues

 Paper 5 - Transport, planning and built environment.pdf


 7. JOB ADVERTISEMENTS AND VOLUNTEER POSITIONS


 HELP THE GREENS: GREENMAIL WORKING BEE

 Wednesday 26 March

 11am-8pm

 Greens Office, 19 Eve St, Erskineville


 This Wednesday we need your help to prepare our

 publication 'Greenmail' for distribution. Come

 along for a few hours at any time between 11am

 and 8pm. Meet other members and supporters of The

 Greens and make a hands-on, practical

 contribution to our work. These working bees have

 an informal, convivial atmosphere where people

 stay for as long as they like. Food and

 refreshments will be available for the workers.


 If you are not able to come this Wednesday but

 want to help, let me know when you are available.

 Contact james@nsw.greens.org.au

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