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Missed Opportunity if Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2 is Not Extended to Lidcombe Station: Greens
Greens MP and transport spokesperson Cate Faehrmann is calling on the Government to extend Stage 2 of the Parramatta Light Rail project an additional 3km from Carter St to Lidcombe Station to ease more congestion in Western Sydney.
HumeLink Energy Transmission Project
Ms Cate Faehrmann: On behalf of The Greens I support the motion. I also support what the Minister said at the end of her contribution about the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone being well and truly underway when the Opposition was in government and that Opposition members were not very noisy...
Select Committee
Ms Cate Faehrmann: The Greens support this motion to establish a select committee. I state at the outset that, on the face of it, turning Rosehill racecourse into new housing, with affordable housing, is a very good idea and one we hope comes to fruition. We hope there is a metro station...
Cotton Industry
Ms Cate Faehrmann: I recently made a trip to north-western New South Wales, along the Macquarie, Namoi and Barwon-Darling rivers. I witnessed irrigated cotton production on a scale I could not previously imagine. I drove past cotton modules lined up for kilometre after kilometre. Some say that this is a...
Cadia’s Licence Should Not be Renewed After Latest Pollution Incident: Greens
Newmont’s Cadia Gold Mine should be stripped of its Environment Protection Licence after confirming today that its tailings dam has leaked contaminated water into groundwater, Greens MP and water and mining spokesperson Cate Faehrmann said today.
Native Forest Logging
Ms Cate Faehrmann: I support this motion moved by my colleague Ms Sue Higginson, who has been an incredible forest campaigner for many years. It is disappointing to hear the environment Minister talking about the retention of some hollow‑bearing trees in forests inhabited by endangered greater gliders. It is incredibly disappointing to...
Cadia Mine Environment Protection License
Ms Cate Faehrmann: My question is directed to the Minister for the Environment. The ABC reported today that Newmont mining has confirmed polluted water from its Cadia goldmine operations containing arsenic, zinc, manganese and sulphate has entered the groundwater. Cadia's environment protection licence does not specify pollutant limits for groundwater or...
Ombudsman and Other Legislation
Ms Cate Faehrmann: The Greens will support the Ombudsman and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 subject to what happens to the amendments foreshadowed by the Opposition. The bill amends the Ombudsman Act to make a number of reforms aimed at efficiency. It also makes minor amendments to the Community Services (Complaints,...
Funding for Mental Health Services
Ms Cate Faerhmann: I support the motion of the Hon. Jeremy Buckingham and thank him for bringing it to this place. When I was 10 years old growing up in country Queensland, my brother, who was 15 at the time, pulled a knife on a kid at his local school....
Domestic, Family, and Sexual Violence
Ms Cate Faehrmann: I speak in support of this motion. However, from the outset I say that it is not really good enough that members are not in the Chamber this week voting in support of ambitious reform of the type that domestic and family violence stakeholders have been calling for from...