News
2008
Greens MP Lee Rhiannon visits seat of Lyne
Monday 25th August, 2008
When: Tuesday 26 August 2008
What: Greens MP and transport spokesperson Lee Rhiannon visits the Lyne electorate to campaign with Greens candidate Susie Russell on the need to direct a significant proportion of Auslink and Infrastructure Australia funds to public transport and rail freight...read more
Greens recommend Russell 1, Oakeshott 2
Sunday 24th August, 2008
The Greens recommend that voters in the Lyne by-election on September 6 vote Susie Russell 1 and then give Rob Oakeshott their number 2, going on to number all the boxes on the ballot paper...read more
For Whom the Bell Tolls
“The plight of the local population of the Green and Golden Bell frog is symptomatic of Government disinterest in biodiversity and threatened species”, said Greens candidate Susie Russell...read more
And the winners are:
Friday August 8th, 2008
As the Olympics begin, spare a thought for the region’s nurses. Particularly for those working in the public hospital system that hasn’t had a significant injection of funds for decades...read more
Bob Brown coming to town
Thursday August 7th, 2008
The leader of the Australian Greens, Senator Bob Brown will visit the Lyne electorate next week to support the campaign of the Greens candidate Susie Russell...read more
Oakeshott: Where does he stand?
Tuesday August 5th, 2008
“The entry of Rob Oakeshott into the Lyne by-election means the Greens are now unlikely to win the Federal seat”, said Greens candidate Susie Russell. “While it was only ourselves and the National Party we were clearly in there with a chance. However I think the Greens will still have a key role to play in determining the outcome with no candidate likely to receive an absolute majority...read more
Solar: the future for Lyne
Sunday 3rd August, 2008
“A solar hot water system on every roof, good building insulation and photo-voltaic solar panels that feed energy into the national grid”, are key policies for The Greens in the forthcoming Lyne-election according to Greens candidate Susie Russell...read more
The Greens lead in Lyne
Sunday 27th July, 2008
The Greens have endorsed local environmentalist Susie Russell to represent them in the by-election in Lyne resulting from the resignation of Mark Vaile. “At our meeting today I received a unanimous vote of support. While I have stood for the Greens in many elections since 1995, this is the first time where The Greens have an outside chance of winning,” Ms Russell said...read more
Trusted locally, respected Nationally- NOT!
Wednesday 5 March, 2008
“The member for Lyne, Mark Vaile’s moonlighting trip to the Middle East again highlights his inability to ethically represent local constituents as a member in Parliament,” Three Rivers Greens convenor Susie Russell said...read more
2007
Climate Change Demands a Local Response
UN-VAILE LYNE
Thursday 22nd November, 2007
The Greens' candidate for Lyne, Susie Russell, says that the jury is now ‘in’ on climate change and we need decisive leadership that is not in denial. "Our votes this Saturday will either send Australia down the path of a sustainable energy future or commit us to mindless progress like lemmings over the cliff", she said...read more
Skills shortage needs TAFE funding, not wasteful ATCs
Thursday 1st November, 2007
The Greens are calling for more funding for Port Macquarie and Taree’s TAFE Colleges, rather than wasting resources on John Howard’s Australian Technical Colleges (ATC). Greens NSW MP John Kaye who is visiting the Mid North Coast said: “ATCs have largely been a failure, with few students and massive costs...read more
Greens good for your health: National Rural Health Alliance
Tuesday 30th October, 2007
Greens candidate for Lyne, Susie Russell said today that rural, regional and remote Australia would be best served by the Greens' health policies...read more
SUN FUND : Supporting Australian Innovation
Friday 26th October, 2007
Investment in research, development and capacity building for energy efficiency and renewable energy will be a key initiative of The Greens through a 10 year $3 billion ‘Sun Fund’.1 The proposal has been outlined by Greens Senator Christine Milne and would have positive spin offs around the country, claimed Susie Russell, Greens candidate for Lyne... read more
Pension Increase and Better Services not Tax Cuts
Wednesday 17th October, 2007
‘The Greens oppose John Howard’s election tax cuts. The $34 billion should go to an immediate increase in the aged pension, and more money for schools, hospitals, tackling climate change and supporting carers’, said Susie Russell, Greens candidate for Lyne...read more
What about $2.4 Billion for upgraded railway lines between Sydney and Brisbane?
wednesday 10th October, 2007
While the Prime Minister and Deputy PM re-announce earlier funding commitments as they roll the pork barrel down the Pacific Highway, the Greens candidate for Lyne Susie Russell, wants to know why the pork barrel isn’t coming by rail...read more
Nothing like an election to focus the local member!
Friday October 5, 2007
“Health professionals in the Port Macquarie-Hastings area are to be congratulated for their success in getting changes to the Federal scheme that entices newly qualified General Practitioners to regional areas,” said Greens candidate for Lyne Susie Russell...read more
Leadership for Peace urgently needed
Wednesday October 3, 2007
The Deputy Prime Minister, Leader of the National Party and Member for Lyne should immediately speak out, clearly and categorically rejecting the bombing of Iran says the Greens candidate for Lyne, Susie Russell...read more
Call Centre to deliver mainly bad news
Friday August 24, 2007
Greens candidate for Lyne Susie Russell today predicted that those working in the new Centrelink call centre in Port Macquarie to be opened today, will have to deliver mainly bad news... read more
Vaile wedges door open for local nuclear reactor
Monday August 20, 2007
The Macleay and Manning rivers are both potential sites for nuclear reactors, claimed Greens candidate for Lyne Susie Russell. Comments today by Mark Vaile that no nuclear reactors will be built on the north coast in the next three years because they will take 10-20 years to develop, have raised the temperature of concern that they are certainly on the agenda...read more
Lack of Federal support directly linked to poor regional planning
Thursday August 16, 2007
Competition between local airports in Kempsey, Port Macquarie and Taree could lead to wasteful triplication of services and great expense to ratepayers when a co-operative approach would be more realistic and beneficial. This could be reality if the Federal Government made adequate funds available for a regional airport, claimed Susie Russell, Greens candidate for Lyne...read more
Hastings Council, counting its chickens?
Wednesday August 1, 2007
Greens candidate Susie Russell today welcomed yesterday’s decision by the Land and Environment Court which found Hastings Council Director Geoff Freeman guilty of knowingly destroying threatened species habitat, but says it raises issues about Hastings Council management where the General Manager claims that Mr Freeman was just ‘doing his job’...read more
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Wednesday August 1, 2007
For those of you who missed it or who have friends who missed it, we are re-screening 'WHo Killed the ELectric Car' Wauchope Arts Hall, near Bain Park,
Saturday August 18, 6.30pm...read more
TELSTRA: RIPPING OFF THE BUSH
Wednesday July 25, 2007
Telstra is engaging in predatory marketing in rural areas said Greens candidate for Lyne Susie Russell. She claims they are conducting push selling and only giving customers part of the information they need to be able to make informed decisions. As a result many of those who take up the offer could get internet bills hundreds of dollars above the standard price ...read more
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Monday July 16, 2007
“In the early 1990s hundreds of people in California were driving around in natty electric vehicles, they were a huge success. Then they were recalled by the manufacturer and destroyed. Why? That is the question that is answered in this engaging 2006 documentary narrated by Martin Sheen, Who Killed the Electric Car? Regional Premiere, JULY 20, 6.30pm SeaAcres ...read more
Practising peace more important that playing war
Wednesday June 20, 2007
While hundreds of Australians will protest this weekend at Shoalwater Bay in Queensland at the joint US-Australian ‘wargames’ currently underway as part of Talisman Sabre O7,
members of the The Greens and local peace activists will take the message to Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile’s office in Port Macquarie. 1pm, Thursday June 21, Town Green, Port Macquarie...read more
‘Code of Practice’ may be too little too late to save old growth and wilderness of Five Day Creek
Wednesday June 13, 2007
North East Forest Alliance campaigner and Greens candidate for the federal seat of Lyne Susie Russell, will join locals from Five Day Creek today at a protest outside the Department of Natural Resources in Kempsey... read more
Mark Vaile has unfair advantage of broadband access
Thursday June 7, 2007
“Any candidate without access to broadband is at a big disadvantage” says Susie Russell, Greens candidate for the federal seat of Lyne...read more
Greens choose Russell for Lyne
Monday 4th june 2007
Three Rivers Greens have chosen their most experienced campaigner, Susie Russell, to represent The Greens in the federal electorate of Lyne...read more
Rescheduled - Green's Candidate Election - 2007 Lyne
11am Sunday 20th May, Port Macquarie.
The election of Candidate for Lyne for the 2007 Federal Election has been postponed until 11am Sunday 20th May...
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CONGRATULATIONS, JOHN!
27 March 2007
“I congratulate the Prime Minister for his response to footballer Ben Cousins’ drug problem,” said Susie Russell, Greens candidate for Port Macquarie....read more
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Sunday 25 March 2007
Greens candidate in the Port Macquarie electorate, Susie Russell, said she was disappointed with the local Greens vote. “I had hoped we would get 4% and thus be entitled to a small refund for our campaign expenditure. * However it was a low-budget campaign and as we spent less than $1000 it won’t break the bank...read more
Greens 1, Oakeshott 2
Sunday, 11 March 2007
Susie Russell, Greens candidate for Port Macquarie is recommending that after voting 1st for her on the 24th of March, Port Macquarie voters give their second preference to sitting member, Robert Oakeshott...read more
Candidates all invited to Climate Change film
7 March 2007
All the local candidates for the electorate of Port Macquarie have been invited to attend a screening of the Oscar award winning An Inconvenient Truth, at 6.30pm Friday March 9, at SeaAcres, said local Three Rivers Greens convenor and Greens candidate for Port Macquarie, Susie Russell...read more
Old Parties Play Dumb and Dumber on River Diversion
6 March 2007
The coalition’s plan to divert 50 billion litres of water annually from the Manning River for western irrigators is a recipe for disaster according to Greens candidate for Port Macquarie, Susie Russell...read more
Greens candidate for Port Macquarie: Susie Russell
2 March 2007
Local environmentalist Susie Russell will contest the seat of Port Macquarie for The Greens in the forthcoming state election...read more
Hope for the future if we work together
February 14, 2007
While public attention is now rightly focused on climate change, another major problem that confronts us is the phenomenon known as ‘peak oil’...read more
A Warm Welcome for the Prime Minister
5 February 2007
When the Prime Minister arrives in town Friday February 9th to open the new Australian Technical College Boundary St at 10am, Port Macquarie residents will have an opportunity to let him know how concerned they are about climate change and its impact on the future of Port Macquarie...read more
Help Stop Uranium Export
The Prime Minister’s Taskforce - The Australian Greens Respond
The draft report of the Prime Minister's handpicked Taskforce on Uranium Mining, Processing and Nuclear Energy is deeply flawed, misleading and omits numerous serious issues. We encourage all to make further submissions, due 12 December 2006...read more
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Events
Lyne Federal By-Election
6th September 2008
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