Greens MP calls for an end to era of failed toll roads
Media Release 12.04.15 GREENS MP CALLS FOR AN END TO ERA OF FAILED TOLL ROADS Greens NSW MP and spokeswoman for Transport, Roads and Ports, Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC, has strengthened calls on the Baird...
View ArticleRoads Minister’s comments condescending and ill-informed
Greens NSW MP and Transport spokesperson Dr Mehreen Faruqi has criticised the NSW Roads Minister Duncan Gay for his insensitivity and condescension in dismissing residents and activists campaigning...
View ArticleGreens launch fresh bid for inquiry into WestConnex
The Greens have today launched a fresh bid for a parliamentary inquiry into the toxic WestConnex Project, with Greens NSW Transport spokesperson Dr Mehreen Faruqi introducing a notice of motion into...
View ArticlePower Privatisation Locks NSW Into Road Congestion and Private Takeover of Rail
Media Release 4.6.15 NSW Greens MP and Transport Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC, has warned that the privatisation of the power industry and the decision to divert the proceeds into poorly thought...
View ArticleState budget further locks NSW into motorway and private unintegrated rail...
Greens NSW MP and Transport spokesperson Dr Mehreen Faruqi has said the 2015-16 NSW budget has the government continuing down the path of building more toll roads and forcing a privately-operated,...
View ArticleGreens Launch Campaign to Transform Transport in NSW
Greens NSW MP and Transport, Roads and Ports spokesperson Dr Mehreen Faruqi has announced that the Greens have launched a new campaign today for world-class transport in NSW. The ‘Transform Transport’...
View Article$38 Million Dud Bridge Was Mismanaged and Poorly Planned: Auditor General Report
MEDIA RELEASE 17 September 2015 $38 Million Dud Bridge Was Mismanaged and Poorly Planned: Auditor General Report The NSW Auditor-General’s report to parliament on the Tibby Cotter Walkway, tabled...
View ArticleNew Coal Terminal Approval Absolute Madness In An Era Of Climate Change
MEDIA RELEASE – 1 October 2015 The Greens NSW have labelled the approval of the fourth coal export terminal at Newcastle by the Planning Assessment Commission as absolute madness in an era of climate...
View ArticleNew Metre-Passing Bike Rules Welcome, But Regressive Anti-Bike Measures The...
Greens NSW MP and Transport spokesperson Dr Mehreen Faruqi has criticised the NSW government’s latest attacks on cyclists through the announcement of compulsory identification and higher fines for...
View ArticleNSW Cyclists Rally To #RideIDfree and Oppose Anti-Bike Laws
Greens NSW MP and Roads & Transport spokesperson Dr Mehreen Faruqi this morning joined a rally of hundreds of cyclists and bike advocates to vocally oppose the NSW government’s proposals to force...
View Article468,000 People To Be Banned From Cycling Under New NSW Govt Rules
New documents provided to the Greens under freedom of information laws show that the NSW government’s policy to require adult cyclists to carry photo identification would ban as many as 468,000 NSW...
View ArticleTibby Cotter Bridge revelations: Government must answer serious questions
Greens NSW MP and Transport and Environment spokesperson Dr Mehreen Faruqi has said that the government must answer serious questions about the construction of the Tibby Cotter Bridge and the...
View ArticleNo end in sight as WestConnex tentacles continue to spread
Greens NSW MP and Roads spokesperson Dr Mehreen Faruqi has said reports that the WestConnex project may now involve an additional 1 kilometre tunnel and road widening shows that the government is out...
View ArticleGreens MP calls for parliamentary inquiry into Newcastle container terminal...
MEDIA RELEASE 29 July 2016 Greens NSW MP and Ports spokesperson Dr Mehreen Faruqi has said that the NSW Parliament must support a parliamentary inquiry into the government’s secret agreement with the...
View ArticleTheir Way, The Highway: Compulsory acquisitions review must be released and...
Following today’s compulsory acquisitions document leak, Greens NSW MP and Roads & Transport spokesperson Dr Mehreen Faruqi has said that the NSW government must fully release the review of...
View ArticleWestConnex Brings Destruction to Critically Endangered Bushland at Cooks River
Greens NSW MP and Environment spokesperson Dr Mehreen Faruqi has said that news that critically endangered bushland at Beverly Grove will be bulldozed on Wednesday to make way for a worksite for...
View ArticleSale of Rail Corridor Land in Byron Shire Must Be Stopped: Greens MPs
Greens NSW MP and Transport Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC, and Greens MP for Ballina, Tamara Smith, are calling on the NSW Government to stop the sale of rail corridor land to property developers...
View ArticleNSW Transport Minister Must Take Responsibility for Sydney Public Transport...
Greens NSW MP and & Transport spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC, has called on the NSW Transport Minister Andrew Constance to take responsibility for Sydney Trains going into meltdown this week....
View ArticleThe Harsh Reality of Privatisation Takes its Toll on Commuters in Newcastle
Greens NSW MP and Transport Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC, has said the Government has nothing to hide behind now that their experiment of privatisation in Newcastle has gone terribly wrong, with...
View ArticleSydney Trains Issues Expose Extent of Government Neglect on Sydney Trains
Greens NSW MP and Transport Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC, has responded to yet another morning of cancelled services on Sydney Trains, saying this clearly exposes the Government’s neglect of the...
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