The government has been giving money in various forms to tax payers to try and stimulate the economy. The Greens believe a more sustainable way to spend the money is on the local renewable energy industry. Some ways include Read more
NSW Greens MP and Prisons Spokesperson Sylvia Hale has joined prison officers and prisoners’ rights groups in opposing state government proposals to privatise the state’s prisons. “Introducing the profit motive into the prisons system is not the way we should be proceeding,” said Ms Hale. “Prisoners are removed from society for the purposes of deterrence and rehabilitation, not to be fodder for corporate profit.” More