Northern Rivers Guardians (NRG) are calling on concerned locals to join them at Justine Elliot’s office this Friday to highlight the dangers of the ongoing impacts of logging and development on high ecological value land.
‘Fridays4forests is asking people to join a demonstration outside Labor Federal Member Justine Elliot’s office in South Tweed from 11am on Friday, 8 February,’ said NRG president Scott Sledge.
‘The Federal and state laws need urgent updates to prevent further damage to our world via climate change disasters. The Wallum Estate is an example of what could yet be saved.’
Mr Sledge highlighted the recent court decision that ruled that arrangements for forestry management is a political matter, not a legal one, so we have to lobby our political decision-makers. This related to the failure of the Commonwealth to assess environmental values and principles of ecologically sustainable management when it renewed the North East Regional Forestry Agreement in 2018.
‘This year both Victoria and WA have stopped logging public native forests, and other states could follow that example. Can NSW save what is left of our publicly-owned forests? That trees are the most effective means of reducing atmospheric carbon is beyond dispute,’ said Mr Sledge.
For more information about protests and direct actions being planned for March Phone 0266 891 441 or find NRG online at: https://northernriversguardians.org.
Just intrigued about the greens housing policy just announced: great aims but where will these houses be built considering the effort spent opposing any development. I suppose the usual policy of the greens: anywhere but not near us.
Anyway you do realise Justine is the federal member not the state member: another greens beat up completing missing the target but they will feel better about themselves I’m sure.
I wonder if Mandy will be there?
They are indeed great aims, but the policy has all the hallmarks of the thought bubble, quick fix, promise the world solution without the bother of looking too closely at implementation.
Education, health care and housing are all regarded as universal rights in contemporary Australian society. In explaining the absence of means testing in the Greens housing policy, it makes for grand rhetoric to declare that Government should provide the same unconditional access to all three.
They may be right but, while we have the current infrastructure and staffing (sort of) to provide education for all and health care for anyone sick, how feasible is it to provide a house (for purchase or rental) to all applicants? Given the considerable impediments, how long would it take to achieve this Utopian situation?
In the interim wouldn’t equity suggest the need to face the difficult task of determining criteria? Too hard – might tread on toe? One of the many practicalities that can be ignored when a party doesn’t expect to be responsible for implementation?