IN THE MEDIA
Trails the way ahead for our region
10 May 2017 2nd Reading Speech: debate on the Transport Administration Amendment (Closure of Railway Line Between Rosewood and Tumbarumba) Bill 2017 We are very confident that with minor amendments in the other place this bill will be passed. We are very excited about and supportive of the Tumbarumba Rail Trial...
Question in Parliament - Federal Disaster Funding
9 May 2017 NORTH COAST FLOODS RELIEF ASSISTANCE Ms TAMARA SMITH: My question is directed to the Minister for Police, and Minister for Emergency Services. Will the Minister urge his Federal counterpart to declare flood‑affected areas of my electorate, such as Billinudgel, Ocean Shores, New Brighton and Mullumbimby, eligible for the...
Gonski funding - Speech to Parliament
9 May 2017Private Member's Statement EDUCATION FUNDING Every time a politician comes up with a new buzzword or theory in education, a fairy dies and we can hear millions of students and teachers across the nation groaning. It is like teenagers watching me text on a mobile phone with one...
Gonski 2.0: bastardisation dressed up as needs-based funding
Media Release3 May 2017 NSW Greens Education spokesperson Tamara Smith MP has condemned the Turnbull government’s latest act of bastardisation in suggesting that he is delivering the original Gonski reforms. “It must have been a very weird day indeed for David Gonski to be standing beside the PM who has...
Greens to have a ball at Renew Fest
Media Release3 May 2017 Tamara Smith, Member for Ballina, will attend the Renew Fest in Mullumbimby this weekend to celebrate and discuss community action on topics such as renewable energy, sustainability, ethical economics, food production and biodiversity. “I am very proud to support such a great festival with so...
Waterlily Park equipment launch
Member for Ballina Tamara Smith will speak this Sunday at the official launch of new equipment for Waterlily Park at Ocean Shores.
Congratulations to Coorabell Public School Community
Media Release27 April 2017 Member for Ballina and Greens Spokesperson for Education, Tamara Smith has congratulated the Coorabell P&C Association and students, teachers and parents for their incredible organisation and proactiveness on the issues facing Coorabell Public School over the past 18 months. “Last year the school was told to...
Lib-Nats fail to consult over Mullum Hospital
Media Release24 April 2017 Brunswick Valley community and Mullumbimby residents were given assurances in 2015 by the then-Minister for Health Jillian Skinner that they would be consulted about the future of the Mullumbimby and District Memorial hospital site; but this never took place, says Greens MP for Ballina Tamara Smith....
New Marine Rescue Tower
Media Release21 April 2017 Greens Member for Ballina, Tamara Smith said how pleased she was that the Ballina community has a state-of-the-art marine rescue facility, at the official opening of the Ballina Marine Rescue Tower today.
Another dolphin dies in Ballina's shark nets
12 April 2017 Media Release Another dolphin is dead due to the shark net trial off Ballina beaches, with the fourth monthly report from the Department for Primary Industries revealing that a Bottle Nosed dolphin died in the net off Lighthouse Beach between 8 March and 7 April. “The DPI’s...