As the Midland Health Campus starts to take physical shape, questions remain unanswered about the range of reproductive services that will be offered  - or not offered – under the new private management structure, says Greens East Metro MLC Alison Xamon.  

  Potentially hundreds of people are having their quality of life destroyed by the State Government’s failure to adequately fund a support scheme for people with incontinence. “Incontinence is not something people like to talk about but is it a common problem and for people who live with this every day, it can ruin their quality of life,” Greens spokesperson for Disability Alison Xamon said. “The necessary incontinence products can cost up to $40 or more per week, which is quite clearly an impossible expense for people on low or fixed incomes to afford.

A proposed expansion of the Maralla Road sand mine in Bullsbrook has residents deeply concerned, says Greens Member for East Metropolitan Alison Xamon. Operations at the mine were halted in September on the cusp of action being taken by the City of Swan to enforce traffic conditions. Residents on Warbrook Rd had reported up to 142 truck movements per day, well over the approved 40 per day prior to operations at the sand mine ceasing.

  The Greens today supported a call from the WA Farmers Federation which has called for farmers to be given a right to veto fracking on their agricultural land. Greens WA spokesperson for Water, Alison Xamon said the farmers’ voices against fracking were a welcome addition to the discussion. Ms Xamon said the Greens had a long-standing policy supporting the right of landowners to veto mining on their property, and had in fact introduced exactly such legislation, which had not received the support of other parties.

  The State Government’s unreasonable conditions on funding are to blame for the disappointing loss of the Mundaring Truffle Festival, said Greens East Metro MP Alison Xamon. Ms Xamon spoke out after it emerged that the Government’s event body, Eventscorp, had insisted on onerous liability conditions under the proposed sponsorship deal. “The Truffle Festival is one of the regional highlights of the year and a wonderful showcase for our local food and wine producers,” Ms Xamon said.

A preliminary assessment of likely greenhouse gas emissions if a shale gas industry expands in WA is grounds alone to oppose the industry outright, the WA Greens say. “Even if just a fifth of WA’s estimated shale and tight gas resource is developed, the life cycle of the greenhouse gas emissions would be enormous – equivalent to nine times Australia’s total greenhouse gas emissions currently,” Greens MLC Alison Xamon said.

Greens Member for East Metro Alison Xamon has indicated that she will be calling for a Parliamentary Inquiry into the controversial Hanson’s Quarry at Red Hill which has applied for a further extension of its operations.Ms Xamon made the call as the community waits on a final decision on the expansion from the West Australian Planning Commission (WAPC).

All students must be supported at school to achieve their very best regardless of their background or circumstances, says Greens WA spokesperson for education Alison Xamon.