IN THE MEDIA
Regional launch pad part of Sydney Startup Hub
Media Release 5 March 2018 Greens Member for Ballina Tamara Smith today visited the Sydney Startup Hub as a member of the NSW Legislative Assembly Committee on Investment, Industry and Regional Development. The Committee is conducting an inquiry into support for start-ups in regional NSW. “I toured the Startup Hub...
Greens call on Woolworths to exit pokies at Westower Tavern
Media Release 2 March 2018 Greens call on Woolworths to exit Westower Tavern pokies Greens Member for Ballina Tamara Smith has today called on Woolworths to phase out pokies at its Westower Tavern venue in West Ballina. This follows allegations by whistleblowers that staff at Woolworths-owned hotels have been spying...
Bangalow Food Hub DA withdrawn
Media Release 28 February 2018 Greens Member for Ballina Tamara Smith has welcomed news of the withdrawal of the Bangalow Food Hub development application.
NAPLAN results no longer linked to HSC
28 February 2018 Tamara Smith Member for Ballina Greens Education spokesperson I welcome the NSW government backing down from its plan to prevent students who didn't reach minimum standards in NAPLAN Year 9 results from getting their HSC. I spoke at a protest against this policy in Sydney last...
Support seafood country of origin labelling
Media Release 15 February 2018 Greens Member for Ballina Tamara Smith says she supports legislation which would make country of origin information on seafood products compulsory. "This legislation is in line with the foodie ethos in the Northern Rivers area where we have a strong interest in buying local food,"...
Woolworths Mullumbimby to ban the bag
16 February 2018 Media Release Greens Member for Ballina Tamara Smith is congratulating Woolworths Mullumbimby for choosing to end providing single use plastic bags to shoppers from 4 April this year. “The Mullumbimby branch will be among the first Woolworths stores in New South Wales to be single-use plastic bag...
Ban harmful pesticides
Private Member's Statement 13 February 2018 NEONICOTINOID PESTICIDES One of the most important icons in my electorate is the Big Prawn on River Street at the western entrance to Ballina. The prawn represents the once thriving prawn industry of the Richmond River. Like the oyster industry in Ballina, the...
NSW has the highest rates of pokie losses in the land
Tamara SmithMember for Ballina 8 Feb 2018 Published in Byron Shire News Opinion: NSW has the highest rate of community losses on pokies in Australia Last weekend I got to meet the wonderful Reverend Tim Costello (pictured left below) who was in Byron to see the first hotel in NSW...
Grants for local environmental projects
Grants available for local environmental projects Member for Ballina Tamara Smith is encouraging community groups and councils to apply for the NSW Government's 2018 Restoration and Rehabilitation Grants Program. "The aim of these grants is to protect and restore ecosystems and care for the habitats of rare and endangered plants...
Greens call for Special Commission of Inquiry into Roads and Transport
Media Release 05 February 2018 Greens NSW MP and Transport Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC, and MP for Ballina, Tamara Smith, are calling for a Special Commission of Inquiry to look into Roads and Transport Projects. Dr Faruqi has written to the Governor seeking a Special Commission of Inquiry to...