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NSW Peak Oil Response Plan Bill 2008

Posted by Phil Hart on March 5, 2009 - 7:10pm in The Oil Drum: Australia/New Zealand
Topic: Policy/Politics
Tags: greens, nsw [list all tags]

The NSW Greens provided this update about their peak oil bill in the NSW Parliament.

The Greens Peak Oil Response Plan Bill was voted down in the NSW Upper House on Tuesday 3rd March - by 20 votes to 19 votes.

The object of the Greens Bill was to establish a Peak Oil Taskforce, which would inquire into and report on the best strategies to mitigate the impact of peak oil on New South Wales. We also proposed a moratorium on the construction of oil-dependent infrastructure, such as motorways, for the duration of the inquiry.

Lee Rhiannon's speech in reply and the vote on the bill can be seen in Hansard here: http://parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/PARLMENT/hansArt.nsf/V3Key/LC20090303040



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Australian Election: Peak Oil Policy Responses

Posted by Phil Hart on November 24, 2007 - 3:00pm in The Oil Drum: Australia/New Zealand
Topic: Policy/Politics
Tags: australia, coalition, greens, politics [list all tags]

Reposted to main today after the Australian election result, which looks like a relatively sizable defeat of Howard's centre-right coalition.

This is the third article in relation to the Australian Federal Election, coming up next Saturday 24th November, 2007. The previous two articles are:

Garry Glazebrook and Peter Newman - A Public Transport And Green City Manifesto For The Federal Election

Matt Mushalik - Election Time in the Land of Oz

In September, I sent a policy survey to the four main parties (Coalition, Labour, Greens, Democrats) seeking their official view on peak oil and details of relevant policies. I received the first response from the Greens and second from the Coalition (Liberal/National Parties), but no response from Labor (which is especially disappointing) nor the Democrats.

The complete survey responses are here:

Coalition Policy Response
Greens Policy Response and Transport Policy Addendum (Roads to Rails)

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