MEDIA RELEASE 9 October 2012 The Greens NSW spokesperson said today that Deputy Premier Andrew Stoner was not fit to lead the National Party and should resign after a dismal performance at Budget Estimates Committee hearings today where he did not know the number one agricultural commodity in NSW, had no knowledge of his government’s [...]

MEDIA RELEASE 18 September 2012 Minister Humphries admits Land Use Plan is a dud The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining and agriculture, Jeremy Buckingham today called on the Minister for Western NSW, Kevin Humphries to resign from Cabinet and join the cross bench, after it was revealed that he told farmers in North Western NSW [...]

MEDIA RELEASE 11 September 2012 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining and agriculture Jeremy Buckingham today slammed the O’Farrell Government for abandoning its pre-election commitment to rule out certain agricultural and other sensitive areas from mining and gas extraction in its Strategic Regional Land Use Policy. “Barry O’Farrell has declared war on the farmers of [...]

Jeremy Buckingham, the NSW Greens spokesperson on Mining and Agriculture will introduce legislation to introduce clear no-go zones for mineral and gas exploration, mining and gas production. The Greens Responsible Mining (Protecting Land, Water and Communities) Bill is a response to the demands of the NSW public to bring to an end the failed adaptive [...]

Jeremy wrote an opinion piece for ABC’s The Drum:   You can read the piece here. At today’s National Press Club address, Australian Workers Union national secretary Paul Howes confessed that he’s a “dig it up, cut it down type of guy” and is the coal and gas industry’s best friend. His vocal support for [...]

MEDIA RELEASE 30 April 2012 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham has warned the O’Farrell Government that it is badly misreading community sentiment on the conflict between mining and agriculture in what appears to be senior pro-mining Liberals riding roughshod over the National Party and the interests of country NSW.   In recent days: Resources Minister [...]

MEDIA RELEASE 11 April 2012 The Greens mining spokesperson, Jeremy Buckingham congratulated local farmers and environmentalists for their commitment and courage displayed by the lock-on protest to stop two open cut coal mines destroying the Leard State Forest, North East of Boggabri. Carmel Flint from the Northern Inland Council for the Environment has chained herself [...]

MEDIA RELEASE 29 March 2012 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham said new Queensland Premier Campbell Newman was putting Barry O’Farrell to shame when it came to action on the clash between mining and agriculture.  Campbell Newman’s has made a decision to stop the coal mine and coal-to-liquid plant at Felton, and the [...]