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Sarah Hanson-Young
Senator for South Australia

Arts and entertainment package needs urgent increase

9 July, 2020 - The Morrison Government must significantly increase the arts and entertainment industry recovery package following a return to lockdown measures ...

Greens call on Environment Minister to immediately release interim report into environment laws

7 July, 2020 - The Greens are calling on Environment Minister Sussan Ley to immediately release the interim report into Australia's environment laws handed to h...

Morrison Government must rule out killing more jobs by abolishing local content rules

6 July, 2020 - The Greens are calling on the Morrison Government to rule out killing more Australian jobs by permanently abolishing local content rules and to g...

Arts industry loses four times as many jobs as construction, receives a third of the support

30 June, 2020 - ABS stats released today show the arts and recreation industry has lost four times as many payroll jobs as the construction industry but has rec...

Greens welcome last minute Community TV licence extension

30 June, 2020 - The Greens have welcomed the last minute extension to the free-to-air broadcast licences for Community TV stations Channel 44 in Adelaide and Ch...

Heads should roll after scathing report into environment laws

25 June, 2020 - Heads should roll over the ineptitude and failure of duty identified by the Auditor-General in a scathing report into Australia’s environment la...

Morrison’s arts and entertainment package, too little, very late

25 June, 2020 - The Morrison Government’s long-awaited package for the arts and entertainment industry, announced today, is too little, very late, the Greens sa...

PM urged to reverse ABC funding cuts to save jobs

24 June, 2020 - Responsibility for the 250 job cuts at the ABC announced today, lie firmly at the feet of the Morrison Government, the Greens say.Greens Spokesp...

Labor teams up with Morrison to green light environmental destruction

18 June, 2020 - Labor’s support of the Morrison Government’s plans to fast-track approvals for major projects risks permanent destruction of our environment and...

Morrison’s deregulation plan = Cutting corners and killing koalas

15 June, 2020 - The Morrison Government’s “deregulation plan” is code for letting big business cut corners at the expense of our environment, the Greens say, pl...

Senate calls on Govt to require streaming giants to fund Australian-made stories

15 June, 2020 - The Senate has today called on the Morrison Government to require tech giants like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV and Stan to back and fund Aus...

Two thirds of Australians support local content laws for streaming services, new poll shows

12 June, 2020 - Two thirds of Australians support laws requiring streaming services like Netflix and Amazon to show and fund locally made shows and films, new r...