Calling All Current and Former MPs, Staff, Contractors, Visitors and Guests of NSW Parliament House

Abigail brought to the Upper House's attention the confidential and independent review by EB&Co into bullying, harassment and sexual misconduct at the New South Wales Parliament, which is currently seeking participants who wish to contribute in confidentiality.

Abigail moved:

(1) That this House commends the independent review into bullying, harassment and sexual misconduct at the New South Wales Parliament being conducted by former Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick, AO, which:

(a) aims to utilise the results in a strictly confidential way to make recommendations for policy, frameworks and workforce development to prevent and respond to bullying, harassment and sexual misconduct at the New South Wales Parliament; and

(b) is seeking participation by current and former members of Parliament, staff, contractors, visitors and guests, through the following strictly confidential process:

(i) online survey, from 18 November to 13 December 2021;

(ii) individual interviews, from 17 November to 17 December 2021;

(iii) written contributions, from 17 November to 17 December 2021; and

(iv) discussion groups, from 22 November 2021.

(2) That this House calls on all members of Parliament to commit to ensuring that New South Wales Parliament is a safe and inclusive workplace where diversity and democratic participation are valued, and bullying and harassment are unacceptable.

(3) That this House encourages all current and former staff of members of Parliament who wish to participate in the independent review to do so by contacting EB&Co via email at [email protected].

For full transcript see Hansard, here.

TAX SUPERPROFITS TO PAY WORKERS MORE

NSW is missing out on tens of billions of dollars. By introducing a progressive coal royalty structure similar to the one in Queensland, we would have raised an extra $20 billion last year.

The NSW Government owns and controls, on behalf of the people of this state, the rights to the minerals and materials that naturally occur in NSW land.

Huge fossil fuel companies are only able to extract and sell these commodities with the consent of the State. It’s time they paid a fair price for that privilege.

The fossil fuel industry has made hundreds of billions of dollars out of their cosy relationship with governments. Granted permission to extract and sell coal, these large multinational fossil fuel corporations pay just over 7% in royalties back to the people of NSW – keeping the rest as mega-profits for themselves. These companies have a track record of taking more than their fair share and leaving communities suffering and stranded with poisoned groundwater, devastated landscapes and a stranded workforce when it suits their business models.

Globally, the hyper-inflation of fossil fuel prices driven by price-gouging opportunism and war profiteering from Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has delivered record windfall profits to these already obscenely wealthy corporations. In the last year, NSW coal exports totaled over $70 billion dollars, but the people of NSW will only see about 7 cents in every dollar, or about $6 billion dollars of that amount.

Rather than going toward schools, hospitals and public infrastructure, billions of dollars went into the pockets of multinational mining corporations. The Greens believe there should be more money for schools and hospitals and less for mining billionaires.

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Calling All Current and Former MPs, Staff, Contractors, Visitors and Guests of NSW Parliament House

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