NSW election

Auditor-General slams WestConnex process

Press release from Alice Mantel, Greens candidate for Drummoyne “The release of the Auditor General’s report into the WestConnex toll road confirms community disquiet about how this Government is pushing through this project,” said Alice Mantel, Greens candidate for the State seat of Drummoyne. “The report highlights this Government’s failure to go through best practice […]

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Say NO to the politics of fear – Opinion piece for Ciao magazine, November 2014

Alice Mantel, Greens candidate for Drummoyne The apparently reasonable idea of “protecting Australian borders” from boat arrivals conceals a subtle but implicit racism. Amidst the absurdity of Australia needing protection from a few wooden boats with refugees, this slogan uses the threat of strangers, especially dark skinned, and especially Islamic, as the reason behind stopping

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