Issues: Affordable Housing
PROPOSED LEADERS’ MEETING
Nick McKim MP
Greens Leader
The Tasmanian Greens today said that they had accepted the request to meet with Liberal Opposition Leader Will Hodgman.
Greens Leader Nick McKim MP said he would be interested to see the detail of the Liberal’s proposal since their so-called Alternative budget had accepted the identified necessary Health budget savings, and their suggestions [...]
October 11, 2011
Greens Lodge Charter of Rights Submission: Focus on Standard of Living, the Rights of People Living With Disabilities, and the Environment
Nick McKim MP
Greens Leader
The Tasmanian Greens today released their submission on a Charter of Human Rights, which has now been lodged with the Department of Justice as part of the community consultation on a Charter of Rights for Tasmania.
Greens Leader Nick McKim MP said the Greens’ support for a strong Charter [...]
January 21, 2011
Federal Election Housing Funding Opportunity: For Bartlett and Hodgman to get Debt Relief Commitments from Gillard and Abbott
Kim Booth MP
Greens Housing spokesperson
The Tasmanian Greens today called on both State Labor and Liberal Leaders, David Bartlett and Will Hodgman, to lobby their Federal counterparts to support either the forgiving of the Commonwealth-State Housing Debt or the introduction of a payment holiday, following the release of a national report showing [...]
August 4, 2010
Premier Must Lobby PM to Forgive Tasmania’s Housing Debt
Tim Morris MP
Greens Deputy Leader & Treasury spokesperson
The Tasmanian Greens today turned up the heat on the Commonwealth-State Housing debt, calling for the Premier to take an active role by lobbying Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott to ‘forgive’ the debt as a federal election commitment.
Greens Deputy Leader and [...]
June 22, 2010
Budget First Step But Policies Still to be Pursued: Greens’ Campaign on Cost-of-Living, Environment and Education Will Continue
Nick McKim MP
Greens Leader
The Tasmanian Greens today reiterated that they will continue to pursue their policy platform saying that while they welcomed the greening-up of the State Budget it was clearly only a first step with more to be done.
Greens Leader Nick McKim MP said that there are clear green elements [...]
June 18, 2010
Mr and Mrs Bridge Need Minister’s Help
Tim Morris MP
Greens Housing spokesperson
The Tasmanian Greens today in Parliament again called on the Tasmanian Government to assist Richard and Joan Bridge of Moorleah, who are facing eviction at the hands of the Waratah-Wynyard Council
Greens Housing spokesperson Tim Morris MP said the situation is not of Mr and Mrs Bridge’s making, [...]
June 16, 2010
Greens’ Win on Private Rental Funding
Tim Morris MP
Greens Deputy Leader
The Tasmanian Greens today welcomed the $4 million funding boost for low income Tasmanians in the private rental market, saying that it is long-overdue.
Greens Deputy Leader and Member for Lyons Tim Morris MP said that this secured funding will greatly assist many battlers across his electorate, especially [...]
June 10, 2010
Anglicare Report Exposes Hard Times for Battlers Under Labor
Cassy O’Connor MP
Greens Human Services spokesperson
The Tasmanian Greens today said the Bartlett Government should hang its head in shame over the findings of Anglicare Tasmania’s latest report, “Hard Times: Tasmanians in financial crisis”, which reveal increasing levels of financial distress for families and individuals on low incomes.
Greens Health and Human Services spokesperson Cassy O’Connor MP [...]
February 1, 2010
Sandy Bay Unit Sale Must Stop: Govt Should Explore Other Options First
Tim Morris MP
Greens Housing spokesperson
The Tasmanian Greens today called on the Housing Minister, Lin Thorp to cancel the planned auction of the block of units at 9 Sandy Bay Road and instead to meet with the interested parties, both of whom are desperate for accommodation for their respective client groups and explore thoroughly whether it [...]
January 27, 2010
Tasmanian Greens’ 2009-10 Alternative Budget Statement – Ready for Recovery: Maintaining Affordable Services in Tough Economic Times
Tasmanian Greens 2009-10 Alternative Budget Statement: Ready for Recovery – Maintaining Affordable Services in Tough Economic Times (137KB) Nick McKim MP, Kim Booth MP, Tim Morris MP and Cassy O’Connor MP, 9 June 2009 [plain text version]
June 9, 2009
