Urban Planning

Fuel Watch debate

Greens MPs - November 12, 2008 - 6:23pm

Senator MILNE (Tasmania) (10.50 am)-I rise today to comment on the National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) Bill 2008 and the National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008, which concern the Fuelwatch scheme. I note that the basis on which Fuelwatch was proposed was increased petrol prices in Australia. For the 20 years that I have been in politics, every time fuel prices go up governments rush around and announce yet another inquiry into fuel prices, and that inquiry comes out with a whole range of recommendations and very little ever happens. Read more »

The 'people plan' - a green transport plan for Melbourne

Greens MPs - October 7, 2008 - 3:02pm

It's not hard to imagine what life in one of Australia's big cities
in 2020 would be like if we keep going with the roads obsession of
successive governments. With peak oil and carbon pricing driving petrol
costs through the roof, battling worse air pollution and worse
congestion, there would still be no real alternative for those who want
to get off the oil addiction and get out of their cars.

But, just for a minute, imagine if the State, Federal and local governments decided to change direction. Read more »