Greens call for more firefighters to tackle environmental disasters

8th February 2010 9:00 pm in
“If you need an example of why the government should not reduce fire-fighter numbers in Altona, this petrol spill is it,” said Greens Candidate for Altona David Strangward at the site of the petrol spill this morning. “There’s some pretty dangerous and volatile industry around here and we never know when emergencies like this will occur. Quite simply, we need enough fire-fighters to help take care of these disasters.” “The Greens will continue to fight the government’s attempt to weaken our fire-fighter force.” Mr Strangward also called for action on the area’s dangerous infrastr

Greens will stand firm against religious exemptions

5th February 2010 9:00 pm in

On the eve of the 15th annual pride march, Greens MP Sue Pennicuik, reiterated her determination to resist the plan by Attorney General Rob Hulls to continue to allow religious schools to discriminate against job applicants on the grounds of sex, sexuality, marital and/or parental status.
“In September last year, the Attorney General announced his intention to allow these exemptions or exceptions to continue under the Equal opportunity Act”, said Ms Pennicuik. “There is no excuse to allow such a blatant breach of human rights to continue under Victorian law”.

Rudd’s Childcare Figures - Balderdash

3rd June 2010 12:58 pm in

Childcare centres in Melbourne are full to overflowing and the figures Mr Rudd used to abandon his plans to build 222 new centres were grossly inaccurate - so says a new report by The Greens.

The report, "No Vacancy", found that only 28% of all childcare centres in Melbourne have vacancies for children under 2. Which shows that Rudd Government’s claim that 92% of centres had vacancies is grossly inaccurate.