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Sarah Hanson-Young
Senator for South Australia

Govt must buy water back for the environment: Greens

14 January, 2019 - The Greens are urging the Liberal National Government to lift the freeze on water buy backs to restore much-needed flows to the Murray Darlin...

Greens call for emergency water measures in wake of unprecedented fish kill

9 January, 2019 - The Federal Water Minister must force the NSW and QLD Governments to urgently invoke their powers and embargo the cotton industry’s water extr...

Fish, minus environmental water, equals mass death events

8 January, 2019 - More reports of dead native fish floating in their thousands in the Lower Darling sends a dreadful signal on the health of the River.   “This...

Saudi woman trapped in Bangkok must be brought to Australia: Greens

7 January, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has called on the Liberal Government to issue emergency travel documents to a young Saudi woman t...

South Australian Government rips off the Coorong, environment and taxpayers, secret audit reveals

21 December, 2018 - The Greens have responded to the release of a secret Ernst & Young Audit report that has shown state governments, including South Australia ...

It’s Adani or our environment, Labor, time to choose

17 December, 2018 - Labor must decide whether it will stand by environmental protections or roll over to Adani and big oil wanting to drill in the Bight, the Gr...

Greens in Senate will hold Labor to environment protections

16 December, 2018 - The strong environmental protections announced by Labor today will fail without proper investment, and a commitment to no new coal, oil and ...

South Australia must fight for 450GL delivery

14 December, 2018 - The Australian Greens are calling on the South Australian Water Minister to come home from Friday’s Ministerial Council meeting with a commi...

Exporting rare Australian birds must be halted and investigated: Greens

12 December, 2018 - The Australian Greens are calling for an immediate halt to the export of native animals, and an independent inquiry into how hundreds of end...

Sanjeev Gupta shows up Coalition Government on energy leadership

10 December, 2018 - GFG’s announcement to transform Whyalla into a renewable energy super power shows the Coalition Government’s lack of leadership is letting A...

Major parties ignore climate change impacts on the Murray

5 December, 2018 - The Labor and Liberal parties have refused to support including the impacts of climate change in the flawed Murray Darling Basin Plan in the ...

Senate calls on Government to admit Paris failings

5 December, 2018 - The Senate has backed the Australian Greens’ motion calling on the Government to make a clear statement about its inaction on climate change....