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Re-imprisonment: a no-win costly mistake

Modelling released today by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) indicates that policies aimed at rehabilitating prisoners to prevent their return to gaol are not only enlightened but economically rational, say The Greens.

Government must not sign over Barangaroo: Greens

Sylvia Hale MP, Greens spokesperson for Planning, has called on the State Government not to sign a contract with Lend Lease that would hand seven hectares of public land to a private company without proper public scrutiny.

Corrective Services out of control

In the wake of further revelations about the death in a prison transport van of Mark Holcroft in August last year (ABC TV, Lateline, 02/03/10), Greens MP Sylvia Hale has again criticised the NSW Government for its failure to make the operations of the Department of Corrective Services more open and transparent.

Wollongong LEP imperils future of the Royal National Park

The new Wollongong Local Environment Plan (LEP) has the potential to cause significant damage to Australia’s oldest national park, the National Heritage listed Royal National Park, according to Greens MP Sylvia Hale.

Housing NSW Dundas water leak

NSW MLC Sylvia Hale, Greens spokesperson on Housing, today said it was very disturbing Housing NSW had not fixed a water leak in Cox Crescent, Dundas, that was reported a year and a half ago.

Arts funding must be for all, not only for established arts say Greens

The Greens have criticised the State Government for withdrawing funding from Community Cultural Development NSW, the peak body for community arts and cultural development in NSW.

Government’s devious manipulation of Lower Hunter Strategy a rort say Greens

The announcement by the Minister for Planning that the NSW Labor Government will change the Lower Hunter Regional Strategy to allow the major residential developments at Catherine Hill Bay and Huntlee New Town to proceed has been condemned by the Greens.

Who regulates the regulators when the Government walks away?

The Greens have called for a major rethink of regulation and compliance policy following the Coroner’s report into the tragic death of Shannon Rankin who drowned in a spa that was incorrectly installed and maintained. “Governments around Australia have walked away from their crucial role as independent regulators. The public is increasingly being ripped off by poor workmanship and, in extreme cases, people are dying as a result,” said Sylvia Hale, Greens spokesperson for Consumer Affairs.

Greens welcome voice of sanity on prisons

Greens spokesperson on the criminal justice system, Sylvia Hale MLC, today welcomed the news that judges, academics and defence lawyers had come together to call for a reassessment of State Government policies that imprison increasing numbers of people.

Minister double counts jobs, discounts public dissatisfaction

Figures released today of jobs allegedly created as a result of approvals under Part 3A of the Planning Act may have been significantly inflated by double counting, according to Greens spokesperson for Planning, Sylvia Hale, MLC.