The Greens welcome the government taking up our calls for an emergency injection of funding to community services organisations supporting Tasmanians doing it tough.
Greens Leader Rosalie Woodruff's contribution to the Ministerial Statement on fuel prices
Nonetheless, you are a minister in a government that has enacted, to many people in the sector, some very cruel cuts to services.
Tasmanians shouldn’t have to worry about how they are going to pay the rent, keep the power on or feed their family.
The aim of the act, as the minister stated, is that it is not only safe but is suitable for human consumption.
Tasmania’s burgeoning social enterprise sector will be supported by the Greens, under our policy to establish a peak body in the state.
Local food systems are a great way to keep food secure, and boost healthy eating within communities for enhanced social, economic and environmental benefits.
Almost 25% of our state’s agricultural land is under a level of foreign ownership, and foreign donors are making large donations to the Liberals.
Our Alternative Budget allocates more than $6 million each year to genuine cost of living measures that produce long term savings to households.
Social enterprise is a form of direct action in which philanthropy is valued and community is advanced.