National action needed on junk food ads

16th November 2012 10:40 am

Australian Greens health spokesperson, Senator Richard Di Natale, said today that the Federal Government should take the lead in restricting junk food advertisements directed at children.

Auditor General finds Port of Melbourne doesn't even measure whether key channel deepening objectives are being met

15th November 2012 10:58 am

Greens MP and spokesperson on channel deepening, Sue Pennicuik MLC, said the Victorian Auditor General's report: Port of Melbourne Channel Deepening Project: Achievement of Objectives tabled in state parliament yesterday confirms many of the questions that critics have raised about channel deepening since its inception.

Greens call for inquiry into Melbourne's growing truck problem

13th November 2012 12:10 pm

 

Greens MP Colleen Hartland will call for an inquiry to investigate the impact freight trucks are having on Melbourne and look at alternatives for moving the increasing volumes of freight. "We've had a horror few weeks for truck crashes ranging from fatal crashes to those that cause serious commuter traffic havoc " said Colleen Hartland, Greens MP for the Western Suburbs.