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Report shows TAFE funding cut 30 per cent over ten years

16 March 2010

A report from Monash University's Centre for Economics of Education and Training (CEET) shows that government funding per hour in the state's TAFE sector fell 30 per cent between 1998 and 2008, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.

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Firth reopens league table debate to win cheap political points

16 March 2010

The Keneally government is again moving to repeal legislation banning school league tables, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.

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Renewable energy can ease soaring power bills

Renewable energy can ease soaring power bills

15 March 2010

A shift to renewable energy could take the pressure of households facing a surge in power prices, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.

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Tillegra Dam objections not addressed by 'sweeteners'

Tillegra Dam objections not addressed by 'sweeteners'

13 March 2010

Hunter Water is trying to distract attention from the lack of justification for its Tillegra Dam and the environmental and economic damage the $477 million project will do with a bag full of meaningless concessions, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.

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Firth must protect NSW from curriculum backwards step

Firth must protect NSW from curriculum backwards step

11 March 2010

NSW Education Minister Verity Firth must heed warnings by professional bodies representing teachers across three disciplines that Julia Gillard's national curriculum would lower the quality of education in this state, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.

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Feature: NSW Govt pushed DIY safety checks for controversial roof insulation

11 March 2010

The NSW government passed the buck on household safety under the Federal government’s failed roof insulation program. The NSW Office of Fair Trading’s website recommended a DIY risk assessment plan that put unqualified homeowners in charge of managing the potential fire and electrocution dangers.

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Delta's wood-fired power plan an admission that coal has no future

09 March 2010

Delta Electricity's trial of plantation Mallee trees as a source of fuel for Wallerawang Power Station is an admission by the NSW government's own power company that there is no future in expanding coal fired power, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.

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School promotion hides Scientology links

09 March 2010

The Greens have lodged a formal complaint with the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission over an advertising leaflet promoting the Athena School in Newtown that fails to reveal its links to Scientology.

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Food labelling review must put consumers first

06 March 2010

Consumers are being mislead and treated as lab rats by food labelling regulation that are weak and biased towards maintaining industry profits, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.

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Gillard's curriculum leaves door open to creationism in NSW science classes

04 March 2010

Education Minister Julia Gillard's draft national curriculum has left open loopholes that would allow the teaching of intelligent design and old earth creationism as science, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.

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