Responsible Mining (Protecting Land, Water and Communities) Bill 2012 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 [...]

Media Release 12 October 2012 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham has today written to Premier Barry O’Farrell requesting the release of information regarding Resources and Energy Minister Chris Hartcher’s activities with lobbyists, after the Minister told Budget Estimates it was his ‘policy’ to keep such contacts secret. Minister Hartcher repeatedly refused to [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Greens MP and mining spokesperson Jeremy Buckingham has labelled the Government’s Strategic Regional Land Use Policy announcement a breach of their promise to the communities of regional NSW. “The National Party has either deliberately abandoned the interests of farmers to the big mining corporations, or else they’ve been comprehensively rolled by the Liberal Party,” Mr [...]

MEDIA RELEASE 15 February 2012 The Greens NSW spokesperson on mining Jeremy Buckingham accused the government of being dishonest with voters by not revealing their plans to open NSW up for uranium mining during the election. “Nuclear power and uranium mining have always been big political issues in Australia.  The Government should have taken this [...]

MEDIA RELEASE – 23 December 2011 Greens MP and mining spokesperson Jeremy Buckingham has welcomed the decision by the Planning and Assessment Commission to reject Ashton Coal’s South East Open Cut Coal Mine proposal saying it is a hard earned win for the community and for the protection of the state valuable water resources. Mr Buckingham [...]

MEDIA RELEASE 29 November 2011 The Greens mining spokesperson Jeremy Buckingham has called for the government to rule out the re-opening of the Hillgrove antimony mine and also rule out plans for an antimony mine at Wild Cattle Creek after another spill of heavy metals into the Macleay River occurred this week. “Barry O’Farrell must [...]

MEDIA RELEASE 11 November 2011 The Greens NSW mining spokesperson Jeremy Buckingham is shocked that the government has blocked a motion in the NSW Legislative Council that outlined the dangers of antimony mining on the Dorrigo Plateau and called for a moratorium on mining approvals until a Strategic Regional Land Use Plan for the Mid-North [...]