Greet Agriculture Minister Joe Helper, Monsanto and conference delegates to hand back GM canola collected by Cropwatch from roadsides in Victoria and NSW.
Tuesday November 10, at 9am
Main entrance, Melbourne Convention Centre
Convention Centre Place, South Melb (Melway map 1C: B3)
(NB: the Centre has moved so map attached)
Greens MLC Colleen Hartland has congratulated Moreland Council for passing a motion in support of a drink container deposit scheme.
"You know what they say about Moreland - if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. Immediately after Moreland Council passed their motion, I heard that New York extended its drink container scheme." *
Greens MLC Colleen Hartland is taking her 10c Deposit campaign to the people by running a series of public meetings in her electorate of Western Metropolitan Region in April and May.
Wednesday 22 April - Sunshine - 7.30pm Sunsine Masonic Lodge, 93 Hampshire Road, Sunshine
Monday 27 April - Inner West - 7.30pm - West Footscray Primary School - Argyle Street West Footscray - Off Barkley Street
Greens MLC Colleen Hartland has congratulated New York for extending its "Bottle Bill" container deposit system to include bottled water.
"The Bigger Better Bottle Bill sends a message to the world: If they can do it, we can", said Greens MLC Colleen Hartland.
"It's interesting to see that they recognise the tremendous economic benefit to taxpayers, as well as the obvious environmental benefit."
Greens MLC Colleen Hartland has released a report that details the financial, social and environmental benefits of a 10c deposit on drink bottles, challenging the Victorian government position on the scheme.
"I commissioned this report to show that a 10c deposit system is not only good for the environment, but also makes sound financial sense. It takes the packaging industry spin, and unspins it"
