Petitions

No Road Tunnel – Fund public Transport

Petition | Spokesperson Adam Bandt MP
Monday 5th December 2011, 11:11am
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The Baillieu government is attempting to push ahead with the East-West tunnel previously proposed by the Brumby government and has sought $30 million from Federal Infrastructure Australia for further investigations. A decision will be made about federal funding in February 2012.

The tunnel will have a significant impact on communities in inner-Melbourne and the West. JJ Holland Park in Kensington, for example, was earmarked as a staging area for the construction of the tunnel. The inner West suburb of Seddon was earmarked to have the emissions stack pumping the exhaust from the tunnel into their air. Many parts of inner Melbourne risk becoming a mess of on and off ramps.

The previous government's proposal met with widespread community opposition and I will fight this plan every step of the way.

A healthy community needs good parks and efficient public transport.

I will be proposing that federal funding in infrastructure prioritise clean transport options not more toll roads.

Find out more about the Greens campaign here

Demand an end to live exports

Petition | Spokesperson Adam Bandt MP
Monday 5th September 2011, 12:24pm
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The live exports industry is responsible for the brutal exploitation of animals around the world. It is unacceptable that the Australian Government stand by while the industry continues to abuse and degrade Australian animals through the live export trade.

Petition for Equal Pay for the community sector

Petition | Spokesperson Adam Bandt MP
Wednesday 8th December 2010, 2:35pm
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The Australian Services Union, on behalf of 200,000 workers in the Social and Community sector, has lodged an Equal Remuneration Order (ERO) with Fair Work Australia. The ERO seeks to address the wage inequality between workers in the community sector as compared to those in similar roles within Government and For-Profit sectors. The Union is asking for pay rises of between 14-50%, bringing the predominantly female industry to parity with the Government and the for-profit sector.

Workers driving the Campaign for Equal Pay are those in the Social and Community Sector – careers, disability support workers, youth workers, counsellors and domestic violence support workers. 87% of workers in this sector are women, most in low-paid jobs, providing invaluable support to some of the most vulnerable people in our community in what are intellectually and emotionally strenuous roles. These workers fall under the Social and Community Sector (SACS) award classification.