TASKFORCE TO DRIVE LIGHT RAIL: MONA Community Forum Makes Benefits Clear

Tim Morris MP
Greens Acting Leader
The Tasmanian Greens welcomed today’s announcement of a partnership of state and local government decision makers, united in their commitment to get a light rail up running through Greater Hobart.
Acting Greens Leader, Tim Morris MP, who attended the community stakeholder forum on light rail today at MONA, said that it was [...]

February 15, 2013

GREENS TO CAMPAIGN FOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL REFORM-STARTING WITH NELSON: Baxter Means Business

Nick McKim MP
Greens Leader
The Tasmanian Greens Leader Nick McKim MP has today announced corporate governance lecturer Tom Baxter as the Greens’ endorsed candidate for the seat of Nelson in the upcoming Legislative Council election.
Mr McKim said he was delighted to welcome Mr Baxter to the Greens team, and looked forward to working with him to [...]

January 20, 2013

PARKING DAY PUTS PEOPLE BEFORE CARS

Cassy O’Connor MP
Greens Environment Spokesperson & Member for Denison
Greens Environment Spokesperson and Member for Denison Cassy O’Connor has congratulated the super efforts of businesses in Hobart for transforming car parking spaces into people-focused “pocket parks”.
“Our city streets could be so much better used than as a place for empty, parked cars,” Ms O’Connor said.
“September 21st [...]

September 21, 2012

PRACTICAL HELP NEEDED FOR FORCED ADOPTION LEGACY: NSW Waives Fees For Medical Record Searches

Paul O’Halloran MP
Greens Member for Braddon
The Tasmanian Greens today called for the Children’s Minister Michelle O’Byrne to follow New South Wales by waiving fees to access medical records for parents and adopted children affected by forced adoption practices.
Greens Children’s spokesperson Paul O’Halloran MP said that as Tasmania prepares to make an official apology to people [...]

September 17, 2012

SUPER TRAWLER BATTLE IS NOT OVER YET: Tasmanian Libs Must Lobby Liberal Senators

Paul O’Halloran MP
Greens Member for Braddon
The Tasmanian Greens today congratulated the thousands of people involved in the campaign to stop the super trawler formerly known as the FV Margiris.
Greens Member for Braddon Paul O’Halloran MP today spoke at the ‘Stop Super Trawlers’ rally in Hobart and urged the community to maintain pressure on Senate representatives [...]

September 15, 2012

HAPPY WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY! – PARKS ARE GREEN BILLION-DOLLAR BEATING HEART OF STATE’S SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY

Happy World Environment Day!
Here’s one answer to the question posed by the theme of World Environment Day, “Green Economy: Does It Include You?”, – ‘Yes, it does, and Tasmania’s National Parks are at the Green beating heart of Tasmania’s sustainable economy’.
$1.2 billion is the value of Tasmania’s World Heritage Areas to the State’s economy, according [...]

June 5, 2012

GREENS WELCOME SEA SHEPHERD HEROES – Call For Tasmanian Whale Sanctuary

Cassy O’Connor MP
Greens Environment Spokesperson
The Tasmanian Greens today welcomed the safe arrival into Hobart of the crew aboard the Sea Shepherd’s Bob Barker, following their successful Operation Divine Wind campaign to obstruct Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean.
Greens Environment spokesperson Cassy O’Connor MP said the group were doing the job of the Australian Government, which [...]

March 14, 2012

TIME FOR LABOR TO WAKE UP TO IMPACT OF LITTER: Greens Launch Container Deposit Petition

Cassy O’Connor MP
Greens Environment spokesperson
The Tasmanian Greens today stepped up their push for a state based container deposit scheme, launching a new petition and warning that public pressure for the state to take action would only increase.
Greens Environment spokesperson Cassy  O’Connor MP said the Environment Minister Brian Wightman MP must stop stalling on introducing a [...]

March 4, 2012

Media Release: MARRIAGE EQUALITY FORUM HIGHLIGHTS FAMILY VALUES

Nick McKim MP
Tasmanian Greens Leader

The Tasmanian Greens Leader Nick McKim MP said today that it was clear that marriage equality had gained mainstream acceptance in the Tasmanian community.
Mr McKim spoke tonight at a forum organised by the Tasmanian Greens Denison Branch on the subject of “Should Tasmania be the first state to enact same sex [...]

September 13, 2011

TASMANIA TRASHED AGAIN IN NATIONAL LITTER INDEX RESULTS: Solution is State-based Container Deposit Scheme

Cassy O’Connor MP
Greens Environment spokesperson
The Tasmanian Greens today highlighted the need for a state container deposit scheme to reduce litter in Tasmania’s environment, following Keep Australia Beautiful’s ‘National Litter Index’ results, which placed Tasmania at the bottom end of the table.
Greens Environment spokesperson Cassy O’Connor MP said, once again, [...]

August 22, 2011