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Campaign at coalface Greens Senator looks for support ahead of proposed inquiry
NOTT COPPING G ITT A senior police investigator with 35 years policing experience is upping calls for the Premier, Barry O’Farrell, to listen to the needs of victims and survivors of church sexual abuse and establish a Royal Commission. In a statement published last week, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox exposed the frustration felt by police and prosecutors at the lack of justice for victims.
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reens Senator, Lee Rhiannon, was in the Hunter last week campaigning for support from local Federal MPs for a Senate Inquiry into the impact of the coal mining industry on air quality and public health. Ms Rhiannon joined Maitland Greens Convenor, Jan Davis, and local activists for a meeting in East Maitland on Thursday to discuss the issue.
“Meeting with locals and hearing their stories, really gives strength to the Greens’ campaign [and] when I speak in Parliament, I can speak about what it means for people who are deeply worried about their health,” Ms Rhiannon said. “Also, a certain aspect of this campaign is to try and bring the members of other political parties onboard, because a lot of those local Labor members are saying they are concerned. “Now we need to turn that concern across parties into action, for an inquiry into the health impacts of coal dust on those associated with the transport, as well as the mining of coal.” Hunter MP, Joel Fitzgibbon, said the issue should be taken seriously, but he would not
support the Greens’ agenda, describing it as “political opportunism”. “No stone should be left unturned in our quest to ensure we understand the science and that no such risk exists [with coal-mining related dust],” Mr Fitzgibbon said. “If a parliamentary inquiry can be a productive part of that process then I will support one. “However, we must follow the science...I will not sit idly by and allow the Greens to cause unnecessary alarm as part of their agenda to close down the coal mining industry…” he said. A Greens motion to establish the inquiry is due to be voted on by the Senate later this month.
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