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Indigenous Rights

Aboriginal Australians, regardless of whether they live in urban, rural or remote areas, are the most marginalised and disadvantaged group in Australia … and yet Australian Governments of both persuasions continue to ignore their needs.

The Federal Government has ignored the plight of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities for over a decade, systematically de-funding basic community services and development programs, and stripping away all representative sturctures to give them no say in the decisions which impact upon their lives.

Greens win 'process not postcode' argument on radioactive waste

Media Release | Spokesperson Scott Ludlam
Thursday 18th December 2008, 12:00am
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Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam has welcomed the recommendations of a Senate Inquiry to scrap the Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Act.

“Labor went to the last election promising to repeal this radioactive legislation", said Greens nuclear spokesperson Senator Scott Ludlam.   

Communications with estate groups

Estimates Transcripts | Spokesperson Scott Ludlam
Thursday 11th December 2008, 12:39pm
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Senate Standing Committee on Economics

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
Resources, Energy and Tourism Portfolio
Supplementary Budget Estimates 2008-09

23 October 2008

Question: SR-19

Topic: Communications with estate groups

Proof Hansard Page: E118

Senator Ludlam asked:

Senator LUDLAM-Communications from-I will give you the names in particular. There is a number of family groups, I am sure you would be aware, responsible for landscape under the Muckaty Land Trust-in particular, the Ngapa, the Millway, the Ngarrka, Wantagu and the Yapa Yapa family groups. I have probably mangled the pronunciation. Are you aware of representations within those groups?

Mr Davoren-Yes, we have prepared draft responses to some of those representations, Senator.

Senator LUDLAM-Can you identify for us, perhaps on notice-we will not put you through doing that now-those communications? I am not asking you to table the communications themselves, but the dates and the order in which they were received and transmitted.

Ms Taylor-We would have to take that on notice.

Uranium and Native Title

Event | Spokesperson Scott Ludlam
Monday 24th November 2008, 5:22pm
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9 December 2008 11:00am Australia/ACT

Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation invites you to attend a one-day event to discuss uranium mining and native title in WA.

Uranium and Native Title

Date: Tuesday 9 December 2008

Time: 9.00am - 3.30pm

Place: Hotel Novotel Langley, Perth

Rental affordability bill passes; green opportunity missed

Media Release | Spokesperson Scott Ludlam
Monday 24th November 2008, 12:00am
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"The Greens welcome the passage of the National Rental Affordability Scheme Bill and hope it will provide some overdue relief to renters, but we're disappointed that the government passed up an opportunity to green it up," Australian Greens housing spokesperson Senator Scott Ludlam said.

Senator Ludlam moved to amend the National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) this afternoon, but the amendments failed without government support.

Green agenda for Mayors' Summit

Media Release | Spokesperson Scott Ludlam
Monday 17th November 2008, 4:22pm
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The Australian Greens say infrastructure, broadband and constitutional reform must be on the agenda today, when the first Mayors' Summit kicks off in Canberra.

"Today's summit presents a rare opportunity to develop a shared response to the environmental challenges we face," said the Greens Spokesperson for Local Government, Senator Scott Ludlam.

Uranium in the NT: a conversation with the Supervising Scientist

Estimates Transcripts | Spokesperson Scott Ludlam
Monday 27th October 2008, 7:25pm
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A rare opportunity to speak directly with the Office of the Supervising Scientist, the regulators of uranium mining in the Alligator Rivers Region, which includes the Ranger and Jabiluka mineral leases in the NT.

Tuesday 21 October 2008

 

Senator LUDLAM—Welcome, Mr Hughes. I am glad that we got to you eventually. Thanks for coming all this way. Some of these are probably going to get technically fairly complex, so by all means we can put things on notice if you think it is going to take too much time to run through it in detail. Can you give us an overview of the environmental research and monitoring projects that are currently underway under the Supervising Scientist, and their costings, and give us an idea of what criteria you use, both in the OSS office but also in the Alligator Rivers Region Technical Committee, for setting your research project priorities?

Barnett must back off Kimberley land grab

Media Release | Spokesperson Scott Ludlam
Wednesday 15th October 2008, 5:37pm
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The Australian Greens say WA Premier Colin Barnett is tearing up years of consultation by threatening to compulsorily acquire land in the Kimberley for the gas industry.

"Threatening Aboriginal communities with compulsory acquisition of their land is a backward, coercive and profoundly unhelpful approach for the new Premier to take. There is no need for Barnett's heavy handed attack on the integrity of the discussions that have been under way for some time," said Senator Scott Ludlam.

Housing in Crisis

Feature | Spokesperson Scott Ludlam
Tuesday 23rd September 2008, 3:09pm
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The Australian Greens believe that affordable, safe and secure housing is a basic human right.

Yet in these times of plenty in Australia, there is a housing crisis, particularly for low income people, with increased need for public and community housing and emergency housing for the homeless.

Scott in the Senate

Feature | Spokesperson Scott Ludlam
Friday 19th September 2008, 6:00pm
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Senator Scott Ludlam

Western Australia’s most recently elected Greens Senator, Scott Ludlam set out his parliamentary agenda in his inaugural speech, highlighting the need for immediate action on climate change and an end to the nuclear cycle. Scott put forth an alternate economic model and paid homage to his Green predecessors and activist colleagues.

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