The NSW Legislative Assembly as of 27 March 2015:
Graphic from The Australian
All members of the Assembly by name (alphabetical order) here.
What is at stake for the NSW North Coast tomorrow?
The ability to protect our:
1. farm land from industrialisation by the gas industry;
2. rivers and water supplies from being depleted and/or contaminated by the mining industry;
3. local economies from the effects of Points 1 & 2;
4. state-owned native forests and remnant forest in private hands from clear fell logging or over clearing due to the current state government's ongoing dismantling of environmental protections;
5. communities and local councils from increases in electricity costs flowing from the proposed removal of high-voltage transmission lines from public ownership for the next 4 generations of North Coast families;
6. older people from loss of affordable services to assist them to live at home in their communities due to the current state government's intention to sell Home Services of NSW to an as yet unidentified multinational company combined with the federal government's increased cost to clients of federal home care services including Meals-On-Wheels;
7. TAFE colleges from further teaching cuts so that young people are able to train across a wide range of trades and professions;
8. local legal aid services from further funding cuts through state imposed efficiency and other ‘savings’;
9. regional state government agencies from closure or downsizing so that job losses don’t become entrenched;
10. our local governments from eventually being turned into one large super council reaching from the NSW-Qld border down into the Great Southern Lakes region; and
11. families, villages, towns, and farming communities from local state MPs who have stopped fighting on our behalf or never even began to effectively represent their electorates in the NSW Parliament.
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