Media Release 14 August 2017 NSW Greens MP and spokesperson for Animal Welfare, Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC, has said that the report into the Keinbah Training Track (KTT) mass grave makes for chilling reading and lifts the lid on the greyhound racing industries’ dirty secret. The report found that “Mr Thomas Pullman, a licenced trainer […]
Greens Motion to Clean Up Wianamatta – South Creek Passes Unanimously in NSW Legislative Council
Media Release 14 August 2017 Greens Motion to Clean Up Wianamatta – South Creek Passes Unanimously in NSW Legislative Council NSW Greens MP and spokesperson for Environment, Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC, has welcomed the passing of a Greens NSW motion calling for the NSW Government to work with local councils in Western Sydney to clean […]
NSW Government Engaging in Privatisation by Stealth on Regional Train Fleets
NSW Greens MP and spokesperson for Transport, Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC, has responded to the Government announcing it will take money from the private sector to replace regional train fleets, and has called it a tactic to covertly privatise regional train services. Dr. Faruqi said: “Before the 2015 election they promised new regional trains and […]
MOTION: CYBERHATE SYMPOSIUM
Dr MEHREEN FARUQI ( 10:12 ): I move: (1)That this House notes that: (a)a symposium on cyberhate was held in Sydney on 7 July 2017 to formulate solutions to the growing problem of sexual violence, cyberstalking, misogyny and other forms of gendered violence that occur online; and (b)the symposium brought together people from all walks of life, such as […]
MOTION: Four Years of “PNG” Solution
Dr Faruqi to move— 1. That this House notes that: (a) 19 July 2017 marked four years since the then Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd signed the ‘PNG solution’ to establish an offshore detention centre on Manus Island, (b) at the time, Mr Rudd declared that any asylum-seeker who arrives in Australia by boat would […]
MOTION: SOUTH CREEK
Dr MEHREEN FARUQI ( 10:13 ): I move: (1)That this House notes that: (a)South Creek, known as Wianamatta Creek in the Dharug language, is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment and consists of 17 tributaries 70 kilometres long crossing five local government areas—Hawkesbury, Penrith, Blacktown, Liverpool and Camden; (b)South Creek has significant pollution issues, including ongoing fish kills, especially since […]
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