The Maitland Greens and the Newcastle Greens today congratulated the Maitland City Council for their resolution to support the retention of the rail line into Newcastle Station and called on local State members, like Mr John Price, to listen to the wishes of the people.

Aina Ranke, Maitland Greens’ candidate in North Ward for Council, said that the rail line running into Newcastle is fundamental to sustainable transport systems in the rapidly expanding Lower Hunter region.

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Mr Michael Osborne, the Newcastle Greens candidate for the March Council elections, has called on our civic leaders to show vision and help make Newcastle the first major Australian city to become “plastic bag free”.

“Imagine the streets, shops and beaches of Newcastle free of floating plastic shopping bags. Imagine routinely taking calico bags grocery shopping, just as we routinely separate our garbage into recycling. This is the vision Newcastle councillors need to create for our city.”

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