Government fails to legislate to protect National Parks from amateur hunters - NSW Greens

MEDIA RELEASE David Shoebridge NSW Greens The O'Farrell Government has today failed to deliver on its promise to properly protect National Parks from unsupervised amateur hunting and has signalled it will continue to promote hunting with scarce tax dollars. The Game and Feral Animal Control Amendment Bill 2013 was introduced to parliament today and provides for the abolition of the Game Council as well as…

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Fire Stations closed across Sydney due to O'Farrell Government cuts - as Sydney in grips of bushfire emergency

MEDIA RELEASE Nathan Rees Shadow Minister for Emergency Services The NSW Opposition has demanded the O’Farrell Government come clean and explain to the community whether several fire stations were shut today due to budget cuts – as a fire emergency engulfed many parts of western Sydney. There are reports that fire stations in Camden, Riverwood, Miranda, Mona Vale and Ryde were all closed today due…

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A win for democracy: Parliament vote on NSW public service workers’ superannuation

MEDIA RELEASE The NSW Parliament has today rejected the O’Farrell Government’s attempt to change the law and override a pay increase for public sector workers, said the Public Service Association of NSW (PSA) today. The Opposition, Greens, Christian Democrats and the Shooters and Fishers Party combined to vote down the regulation the Government had introduced to discount their own 2.5% public sector wage cap by…

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Baird threatens to cut an extra 8,000 jobs

MEDIA RELEASE Mike Baird MP NSW Treasurer Minister for Industrial Relations NSW Treasurer Mike Baird has reassured taxpayers the Government will maintain control of its employee expenses following Labor’s irresponsible decision to undermine the 2.5 per cent wages policy. “The NSW wages policy is fair and affordable, and we won’t be diverted from it by the destructive politics of NSW Labor,” Mr Baird said today.…

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Caseworkers across NSW will strike for an hour tomorrow to highlight lack of staff, resources

MEDIA RELEASE Family Services caseworkers will walk off the job for an hour at noon tomorrow to highlight the high vacancy rates, lack of resources, computer problems and frustrating red tape that are hampering effective child protection in NSW. The industrial action follows media reports last week which revealed NSW is short about 270 caseworkers, leaving children and young people at risk in NSW. Public…

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