“The Carr Labor Government’s bubble has burst and it reflects the path the Premier has chosen in taking NSW to the brink of its worst environmental crisis in recent history,” Mr Cohen said.
Newspoll figures for NSW show Labor's primary vote slumping 4 points to 34 per cent in October, while the Liberal-National Coalition rose to 6 points to 44 per cent and the Greens returned to their highest-ever Newspoll NSW score of 9 per cent.
“Bob Carr has promised to be a leader on environmental management in three successive elections but his legacy is fast becoming one of rivers sucked dry, ancient woodlands lost, and Crown lands flogged off.”
Mr Cohen said the National Party was also heading for disaster at the next state election, with support almost halving since March, 2003. In less than two years, Newspoll shows support among NSW voters for the Nationals has dropped from 9.7 per cent to 5 per cent.
Mr Cohen said 5 key areas where Bob Carr has lost his green credibility are:
- NSW rivers don’t have enough water to sustain their health but the Carr Government went out of its way to guarantee lifetime access to river water in recent changes;
- Laws being debated in parliament this month which protect threatened species from extinction are being weakened to make them more developer-friendly;
- Over 3.5 million hectares of Crown leasehold land is being sold-off within minimal environmental controls – a complete backflip by the Carr Government which prevented the former Greiner Coalition Government doing the same;
- A promise to make decisions and protect the Brigalow woodlands is now two years late even though the Carr Government is well aware the timber industry continues logging at unsustainable rates;
- Areas of old-growth, wilderness and threatened species habitat are being logged in the South east forests, wood chipped and exported despite a promise by Bob Carr in 1995 to end this;
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