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Australian Greens Sustainable Cities’ Spokesperson, Senator Scott Ludlam has offered cautious support to the WA Government’s 'Directions 2031' draft plan for Perth...
The WA Government’s land fill levy dilemma could be solved by introducing container deposit legislation, Australian Greens’ Sustainable Cities Spokesperson Scott Ludlam says...
Scott Ludlam (Australian Greens) Link to this | Hansard source I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to table an explanatory memorandum relating to the bill. Leave granted...
TV news reports about the rallies across Australia
On Saturday 13 June approximately 600 people marched in Perth as part of a national day of action calling on the Rudd Government to take serious action on climate change.
CHAIR-Do other senators have questions on the white paper? In that case we will finish the discussion on the white paper...
Senator LUDLAM-I believe when I was out of the room we heard from one of the officers on uranium mining and what the federal government is doing to establish a regulatory regime. Could I grab another couple of minutes in the time that is available...
Senator LUDLAM-I have just got a couple of questions to follow on. In your opening statement on the two different flagship initiatives you said there was a two to one funding mix and that you were looking for a two to one contribution from the private sector. Does that apply to the CCS flagship...
Senator LUDLAM-I have just got one. Are we going to get time to go to Commonwealth Rent Assistance-is that still planned? CHAIR-We will make time, Senator Ludlam. Senator LUDLAM-I know you said you were hoping we would finish at about three. CHAIR-That was my goal...
CHAIR-Is there anything else on homelessness? Senator Ludlam? Senator LUDLAM-I would just like to ask about the supported accommodation assistance program, which I understand has been absorbed into the National Affordable Housing Agreement...
Senator LUDLAM-At the COAG meeting of 29 November last year, a communiqué came out on affordable housing that stated that the implementation plans for the social housing spend would be finalised by 1 April 2009. Does that sound familiar...
Questions over defence spending have been raised during Senate Estimates hearings, after it was revealed that public opinion was completely disregarded in budget allocations, say the Australian Greens...
The Australian Greens have written to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd demanding that responsibility for radioactive waste management be stripped from Industry Minister Martin Ferguson and returned to the Science portfolio...
The Australian Greens today condemned actions by the Chinese government to censor its own citizen's access to information and media ahead of tomorrow's 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre...
Senator LUDLAM-Thank you for coming in this morning and I would just like to also record my thanks for the detailed answers that I received to questions I put on notice a couple of months ago in March...
Greens Senator for WA Scott Ludlam is demanding to know why the ABC is holding Play School concerts in clubs with alcohol and poker machines...
We're right in the middle of Senate Estimates, and are slowly picking out the best bits to put up here on the website...
Senator LUDLAM-I am going to ask a couple of general questions. I might throw to Senator Milne some of the climate related stuff, if that is all right...
CHAIR-Senator Ludlam. Senator LUDLAM-I would like to go to some fairly similar matters relating to the $60 million one-off stimulus package funding, but also how that relates to the core Commonwealth funding for heritage. Can you tell me if I am reading the portfolio budget standard right...
Senator LUDLAM-Thank you, Mr Irvine, for coming in. This is by way of an icebreaker, because we have only a couple of minutes before dinner. I certainly appreciate that we have managed to make time for you on this occasion...
Senator LUDLAM-I wanted to bring up the issue of the trial that is underway at the moment into expanding the scope of filtering. Is ACMA involved in any regard or should I direct these questions to the department a bit later in the evening? Ms O'Loughlin-To the department...
From Crikey: 27 May 2009 By 2010, ASIO will have doubled in size Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane writes: It's been a fairly tame Estimates hearings so far. Only those with patience and a remarkable capacity to stay alert for hours on end will have gained anything...
Senator LUDLAM-Thanks, gentlemen, for joining us this morning. I will start with a fairly general one. In the budget overview, it looks like the AFP have gone from about $1.28 million in the last budget to $1.39 million in this budget. Personnel have been reduced by about 14-is that correct...
Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam has written to the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) asking it to recommend against a takeover bid for Western Australia's Lynas Corporation by a Chinese Government owned corporation, with significant mining investments in Burma...
Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam has condemned North Korea's nuclear test today, saying it's further damaged its international reputation and exposed its people to serious risk...
The Australian Greens have welcomed discussion of their plan for a national recycling scheme at a meeting of Environment Ministers in Tasmania earlier today, but are concerned Ministers may be adopting delaying tactics in the face of a rearguard misinformation campaign from the beverage and...
Nuclear proponents are playing down the vast environmental impacts and health risks of allowing a uranium mine in WA, the Australian Greens say...
Senator Ludlum asked: What measures will the Federal Government implement to address the decline in funding to the community broadcasting sector over the past fifteen years...
Congratulations go to Adele Carles and the Greens (WA) for their recent victory in the Fremantle by-election. The ABC's 7:30 Report last night produced a feature story about the by-election - you can watch it on the ABC's website here...
Rally outside Minster Stephen Smith's Electorate Office, 953 Beaufort Street, Inglewood at 1pm WST today...
The Australian Greens are calling on the Government to step up diplomatic efforts to bring down Burma's military regime, following reports democratically elected leader Aung San Suii Kyi's house arrest may be extended. "I'm deeply concerned by these reports...
(Question No. 1444) Senator Ludlam asked the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, upon notice, on 18 March 2009: (1) Does the Government maintain its policy of opposition to the development of uranium enrichment, nuclear power and nuclear fuel reprocessing in Australia...
The Greens (WA) are proud to welcome Adele Carles to the Greens parliamentary team. Adele made history on the evening of Saturday 16 May 2009, becoming the first ever Greens candidate to win a Lower House seat in any State Parliament in Australia...
The Australian Greens say their Container Deposit Legislation will be cost neutral and will save Council ratepayers almost $60 million dollars a year. "The Australian Food and Grocery Council have dusted off the argument that the Greens' Private Senator's Bill will increase costs...
Deputy Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (Question No...
Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam will today launch a plan to create 2,600 new green jobs, while boosting Government funds by up to $90 million through recycling 740,000 tonnes of waste...
*1496 Senator Ludlam: To ask the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy- (1) With reference to the hearings of the Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee additional estimates of 23 February 2009, in which an officer of the Australian Communications and Media...
*1495 Senator Ludlam: To ask the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy- (1) With reference to the hearings of the Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee additional estimates of 23 February 2009, in which an officer of the Australian Communications and Media...
Senator Scott Ludlam