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BANG! BANG! The gun lobby hits its target |
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The Shooters Party in NSW used the trigger of the Winter Break in Parliament to push through an amendment, supported by Labor, to change the sensible restrictions on gun ownership in NSW. Why would Labor let itself be target practice for the gun lobby?
NSW Labor needs the Shooters Party to pass legislation in the Upper House of State Parliament. It is another example of a single issue party getting the balance of power on a whole series of bills they never said they had an opinion on before the last election. Doing such a deal with NSW Labor means the Shooters Party got their way on the one change to the gun laws they really wanted: More guns in the community. Less restrictions on their members. These are the deals Labor makes to get its bills through parliament. |
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It's time to end the corruption |
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For the past decade The Greens have worked to ban corporate donations to political parties. The Greens refuse to take donations from developers or big business. Everyone knows that developers who donate to political parties expect something in return. The NSW Labor government, right up to Premier Iemma and Planning Minister Frank Sartor, is embroiled in the current donations scandal. It is time to end the corrupting influence of political donations on our democracy. The Greens are calling for a Royal Commission into the donations culture. To find out how much the Labor and Liberal parties take from big business check out our website www.democracy4sale.org |
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Thousands of people gathered across Australia and on the lawns of Parliament House to witness the formal apology to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the federal Parliament. Greens leader Bob Brown addressed the Senate: "Today in this parliament of Australia we acknowledge that heart wrenching wrong to the Stolen Generations. We express our sorrow, unencumbered by attempts to excuse or rationalise such behaviour...We Greens welcome this day in Australia's parliament. But we urge the government to logically move from sorrow through to just and fair compensation." |
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