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

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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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Morrison’s real failure is his refusal to treat refugees as human beings

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The Abbott Government must commit to quickly and fairly processing the asylum claims of 157 Tamils who will reach the Australian mainland”, said Australian Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young. “The Immigration Minister is a spectacular failure by his own measure, as well as the measure of the international community and decent, caring Australians, said Senator Hanson-Young

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LiberalNationals back fracking as Gloucester residents get shafted

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The Greens NSW mining spokesperson Jeremy Buckingham condemned the government’s renewal of AGL’s Petroleum Exploration Licence (PEL 285) over the Gloucester Valley, saying it was the start of fracking in NSW again and that local residents were being given less protection than those in Western Sydney. Coal seam gas activity is banned within 2km of

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Secret report condemns “addiction to roads”

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Greens MP and NSW Spokesperson for Roads, Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC, has commented on a leaked Infrastructure Australia report that describes the proposed NSW Government’s NorthConnex and WestConnex  tollways as  a “hideously inefficient” spending on national roads. Dr Faruqi said, “The Roads Minister would do well to listen to Infrastructure Australia, who have long had questions

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Expansion of work for the dole continues Government’s attack on job seekers

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The Australian Greens have said a significant number of jobseekers will be punished and disadvantaged by any expansion of the work for the dole scheme. “Work for the Dole is not an effective program for getting people into work and study.  Rather it is just another example of the Government’s ideological war against income support

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Greens call to keep developer donations out of NSW politics

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The Greens have written to all political parties registered for next year’s State election, seeking their commitment to reject donations from donors that are currently banned by State law, regardless of the High Court’s findings in the McCloy challenge. In late July Newcastle Mayor Jeff McCloy issued a writ to overturn the ban on donations

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Greens announce Reid candidate for Federal election

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The Greens have announced their candidate for the seat of Reid in the Federal Election due on 14 September this year. The Greens candidate for Reid is Councillor Pauline Tyrrell, Deputy Mayor of Canada Bay Council, which covers half of the area of the Reid electorate. Recently in Marrickville, Pauline met with Australian Greens Leader,

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