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The future is at risk. Greenhouse pollution is threatening to damage
the ability of the planet to sustain life. The growing wealth gap
between the well-off and the disadvantaged is not only undermining the
ideal of fairness, but it is placing in jeopardy the future cohesion of
our society. And democratic institutions and values and our culture are
being compromised bythe growth of corporate power.
These are potent and difficult challenges but there are solutions. By working collectively as a society we can find the answers that will create a fair and sustainable future.
The Greens are actively creating that future.
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- Sydney Morning Herald, 5 February 2010: "Another blow to credibility of Tillegra Dam project"
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Feature: Government ignored expert advice to put Tillegra on hold
In November 2008 the NSW government was warned of serious flaws in Hunter Water’s case for Tillegra dam by its own senior experts in an official response to a request for advice from Water Minister Phil Costa. The Minister was officially advised by his own department to not renew the directive to the pricing regulator to pursue the dam. This would have put Tillegra on hold. For fifteen months, the Rees and Keneally government continued to express public confidence in Hunter Water despite being told that their inflow and demand predictions were in doubt.
Literacy school closure mess needs urgent resolution
NSW Education Minister Verity Firth has failed to stop bureaucrats vandalising a world-leading school and residential health service for rural and remote children with learning difficulties, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Feature: What Julia Gillard's 'My School' website won't tell you
Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard’s ‘my school’ website fails to reveal state and federal funding of private schools. For many already wealthy private schools, this omission will disguise a multi-million dollar advantage that comes on top of money collected by fees and charges.
Feature: Sydney desal bad decision set to become worse
Analysis by the Greens shows that the panicked decision by the NSW Labor government to push ahead with a desalination plant at Kurnell before their own strategy indicated it was needed will cost Sydney, Illawarra and Blue Mountains residents and businesses $1.2 billion on top of the cost of the plant over the next decade. Now that it is built, operating the plant when it is not needed is set to boost that figure to $1.6 billion.
Power meters not 'smart' if costs hike for low income households
A University of Melbourne study has sounded a warning note for vulnerable low income households in a privatised electricity market, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
