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Sarah Hanson-Young
Senator for South Australia

Greens warn water ministers not to put up white flag on saving the Murray-Darling tomorrow

26 November, 2020 - The Greens are warning water ministers not to put up the white flag on saving the Murray-Darling Basin and the environmental flows needed to...

Two more years in the fight to save Narrabri

25 November, 2020 - Despite Federal Government approval for the Santos Narrabri gas field, the community still has two years to stop the project and save Narrab...

Narrabri Gas approval a dangerous climate bomb

24 November, 2020 - Today’s federal approval of Santos’ Narrabri gasfields will do untold damage to our ability to keep global warming to 2 degrees, the Austral...

Counting koalas won’t save national treasure

23 November, 2020 - A koala census won’t save our national treasure and a moratorium on the clearing of critical habitat is still urgently needed, the Greens sa...

Greens label Senate Inquiry into environment law reforms a sham, call on crossbench to refuse to pass the bill

18 November, 2020 - The Greens have slammed the two-week Senate Inquiry into major environment law reforms labelling it a ‘sham’ and are calling on the crossben...

Senate Inquiry into Media Diversity established

11 November, 2020 - The Greens have successfully established an inquiry into media diversity with the support of the Senate today. Greens Spokesperson for Media...

SAVE THE KOALA: Greens move for moratorium on habitat clearing

28 October, 2020 - The Greens have announced they’ll move for a moratorium on koala habitat clearing to save the national treasure from extinction. The legislat...

Environment Minister signs death warrant for Port Stephens koalas

27 October, 2020 - The Environment Minister Sussan Ley has signed a death warrant for koalas by approving the extension of the Brandy Hill quarry near Port Step...

Australia Post investigation should review enormous executive salaries and bonuses

26 October, 2020 - Greens Spokesperson for Communications Senator Sarah Hanson Young responded to the Morrison Government’s terms of reference for an investigat...

Cap AusPost executive salaries

23 October, 2020 - Greens Senator, Sarah Hanson-Young says Australia Post has become quasi-public, quasi private and this is clashing with the community’s expec...

Govt’s Arts and Entertainment Rescue Package Unspent

21 October, 2020 - Not a single dollar of the $250m arts and entertainment package the PM announced with Guy Sebastian four months ago has been spent, the Depar...

BHP abandons Olympic Dam expansion showing PM picked a dud

20 October, 2020 - The Prime Minister picked a dud when he put BHP’s Olympic Dam on his list of 15 major projects for fast-tracking through Australia’s environm...