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Sarah Hanson-Young
Senator for South Australia

Wholesale digital reform needed to tackle & tax big tech corporations

21 October, 2024 - Big tech and social media corporations should pay their fair share back to the communities they profit from, including for public interest jo...

Greens plan to overhaul vicious cycle of waste

15 October, 2024 - The Greens have today announced a plan for a National Repairability Star Rating label system to overhaul the vicious cycle of production and ...

Big tech can’t be let off the hook for harvesting kids data, targeting young people: Greens

11 October, 2024 - The Greens say the Government’s shifting position on young people and social media should not let the big tech corporations off the hook for ...

Labor & Liberal weak on Murdoch as media reform stalled

10 October, 2024 - The Greens have criticised Labor and Liberal for failing to back a Royal Commission into Australian Media labelling them “Murdoch cowards.” T...

Greens introduce gambling ads ban today in Senate test for Labor & Liberal

9 October, 2024 - Today the Greens will introduce their Ban Gambling Ads Bill to the Senate. The Bill will ban gambling ads on TV, radio, print a...

NBN law will be scrutinised to ensure affordable, accessible internet for all

9 October, 2024 - The Greens will scrutinise the Albanese Government’s NBN Bill to ensure reliable internet is affordable and accessible for all Australians. In...

Labor is nature negative as deforestation and new fossil fuels continue under broken laws

8 October, 2024 - The Greens have labelled the Albanese Government’s ‘Nature Positive’ Summit today in Sydney as a flop following Labor’s capitulation to mining...

Plibersek must reject Vitrinite’s Vulcan South Mine in light of illegal habitat clearing: Greens

4 October, 2024 - Responding to revelations today of illegal landclearing destroying critical koala habitat to expand a coal mine in Queensland, the Greens...

Sarah Hanson-Young

4 October, 2024 - Skyrocketing rents, crippling mortgage repayments and the soaring cost of living is taking a toll, and everyone is feeling it.

Hit big tech where it hurts with data harvesting & targeted ads ban for young people: Greens

1 October, 2024 - The Greens are calling on Labor and the Liberals to commit to banning the big tech giants from data harvesting and targeting advertising to yo...

Greens again urge Plibersek to do her job and use the Water Trigger

27 September, 2024 - The Greens have reiterated their call on Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to do her job and call in Tamboran Resources’ fracking projec...

Optus Senate Report recommends greater telco accountability, network safeguards

27 September, 2024 - A Senate Inquiry report into the November 8 Optus outage has recommended greater technological safeguards and public accountability from te...