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Sarah Hanson-Young
Senator for South Australia

Greens introduce federal law to protect the Great Australian Bight from oil & gas drilling forever

11 February, 2025 - On Tuesday the Greens will introduce a new law to federal parliament to help protect the Great Australian Bight from oil and gas drilling fo...

Greens announce amendments to cap “obscene” NBN Executive salaries & improve access, affordability for consumers

10 February, 2025 - The Greens will move amendments to the Government’s NBN legislation this week to cap NBN Co executive salaries, and require the NBN to be re...

Labor have officially abandoned the environment in stunning capitulation to mining, logging lobby

5 February, 2025 - The Albanese Government has taken the extraordinary step of moving to discharge their own bill from the Senate Notice Paper, sounding the dea...

Greens offer pathway to pass gambling ad laws this fortnight

4 February, 2025 - The Greens have offered the Albanese Government a pragmatic pathway to tackle the harms of gambling advertising with new laws this fortnight....

Prime Minister dumps environment laws on election eve

2 February, 2025 - The Government's decision to dump its own Nature Positive laws shows the Prime Minister doesn't have what it takes to save Australia's forest...

Gambling is unfinished business, Greens to push Murphy's ban on Wednesday

31 January, 2025 - Both Peter Dutton and the Federal Government have so far failed to tackle the serious harms of gambling advertising, but the Greens...

Australia needs ACMA watchdog, not corporate lapdog: Greens

28 January, 2025 - Responding to reports today that the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) reduced fines for Optus and colluded on t...

Neo-Nazi invasion of January 26 events in Adelaide shocking; investigation needed

26 January, 2025 - Australian Greens Senator Hanson-Young calls for a full investigation into South Australia’s neo-Nazi cell: “Today’s Nazi invasion of Aust...

Greens call for ‘reform and revive’ package for festivals in 2025 as Splendour cancelled

23 January, 2025 - Following news today that Splendour in the Grass will be cancelled, the Greens have called on the Albanese Government to deliver urgent refor...

“The numbers don’t lie”: Koalas on track for extinction unless habitat is protected

21 January, 2025 - The Greens say a new report from the Australian Conservation Foundation reveals the shocking scale of habitat destruction under the...

Logging loopholes must be closed to save nature, according to majority of voters

17 January, 2025 - Responding to new seat-based polling showing an overwhelming majority support ending native forest logging, the Greens have called ...