WA Greens Member for East Metropolitan Region Alison Xamon has condemned the State Government for its failure to provide adequate school psychology services in the East Metro Region. Ms Xamon referred to new data that showed school psychologist staffing levels were significantly below that recommended in several schools across her electorate.

Today in Parliament the Liberal, National and Labor parties combined to defeat a motion calling for a moratorium on the controversial gas extraction technique known as fracking. The motion, introduced by Greens WA spokesperson on Water Alison Xamon, called for a moratorium on the emerging industry until a comprehensive and transparent regulatory framework could be developed. “It is highly concerning that this motion has been dismissed by Parliament,” Ms Xamon said.

This week is Refugee Week and WA Greens Spokesperson for Children and Education Alison Xamon has today called for the State Government to step up and ensure school-aged asylum-seeker children receive an education. “Once these children are released into community detention in WA they face a series of challenges to get an education,” Ms Xamon said. “Children in community detention cannot enrol in a government school and must wait until their immigration status is resolved or a non-government organisation can help them. “It is a situation that is extremely troubling.

 WA Greens Spokesperson for Water Alison Xamon is outraged at the behaviour of Mines and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore who has interfered in a community consultation process over the controversial practice of fracking.The decision of the Minister was revealed in Parliament yesterday following questions by Ms Xamon as to whether the Minister had directed the Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP) to withdraw its involvement in community

Children with severe disabilities have been left out of Government planning in the transition to compulsory pre-primary schooling starting next year. In response to questions asked in Parliament, Greens spokesperson for Education and Disabilities Alison Xamon has discovered that pre-primary places in Education Support Centres had not been considered in the transition planning.

Greens Member for East Metropolitan Region Alison Xamon has welcomed a $500,000 grant for the Kaarakin Black Cockatoo Rescue Centre in Martin. “I am delighted that Kaarakin has received this money from the Federal Biodiversity Fund’s first round of grants,” Ms Xamon said. 

Tonight in Parliament the Greens expressed their deep concerns about the Barnett Government’s Leaders Forum following revelations in the West Australian of its existence and the way it is operating, and called on the Government to bring on its Lobbyist legislation as a matter of priority.

The EPA’s announcement yesterday that it has approved the Toro Energy uranium mine in Wiluna, has exposed a long litany of failures in Western Australia’s regulatory, political and legislative systems, says WA Greens spokesperson for Water Alison Xamon. Ms Xamon’s motion, calling for legislation to ensure world’s best practice for any future uranium mine, is currently being debated in the Upper House. ``The system has failed the people of Western Australia,” Ms Xamon said.

People with mental illness must be helped to take better care of their physical health, according to WA Greens Member for East Metropolitan Region Alison Xamon.On May 16 Ms Xamon spoke on dental health at the Physical Health Expo in Maylands, which was raising awareness of the urgent physical health crisis experienced by people with mental illness.“I was pleased to be invited to speak at this local event which raised awareness of an imp