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Media Release Tuesday 25 February 2014

Today, the ACT Labor government has confirmed that in order to meet its greenhouse gas abatement targets, electricity prices in Canberra will increase by 16 percent, Shadow Minister for the Environment Nicole Lawder said today.

Media Release Tuesday 25 February 2014

Shadow Minister for the Environment Nicole Lawder has this week met with federal minister Greg Hunt to discuss $85 million for water projects in the ACT, as well as the development of the long anticipated Tuggeranong Wetlands.

Media Release Wednesday 5 February 2014

The ACT Labor government has made a mockery of its self-proclaimed environmental and green credentials by failing to maintain the health of the Giralang Pond, Shadow Minister for the Environment Nicole Lawder said today.

“It’s ironic that Shane Rattenbury and Simon Corbell are fighting each other in a race to become the most environmentally conscious minister the ACT has ever seen but they can’t stop a suburban pond from becoming a poisonous waterway,” Ms Lawder said.

“Fish are dying; the biodiversity of the pond is being eroded while people who live in the precinct are being forced to stay inside their homes to escape the pungent smell of a rotting environment where the water is turning black.

“It smacks of poor basic governance when these ministers speak about saving the environment through unachievable greenhouse pollution targets and building a light rail system, yet they can’t even keep a suburban pond healthy.

“Shane Rattenbury and Simon Corbell need to focus on fixing the local environment instead of brainstorming dangerous ideas which could jeopardise the ACT’s economy and way of life,” Ms Lawder concluded.

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Contact: Joe Prevedello 0402768432

Media Release Wednesday 30 April 2014

The housing crisis is getting worse as new research shows there are no affordable rental options for struggling Canberra families. The Anglicare Rental Affordability Snapshot which reviews thousands of properties in Canberra and Queanbeyan paints a dire picture, Shadow Minister for Housing Nicole Lawder said today.

Media Release Wednesday 9 April 2014

It’s disappointing that Shane Rattenbury has sold himself out as a Greens MLA by deciding not to support the Canberra Liberals’ call for an independent inquiry by the Auditor-General into reporting failures at the Koppers site in Hume, Shadow Minister for Environment Nicole Lawder said today.

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