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Sarah Hanson-Young
Senator for South Australia

Australia Council funding announcement blow for arts sector already suffering

3 April, 2020 - The Australia Council Four Year Funding for Organisations announcement today is a blow for our arts sector at a time when they are already suffe...

Govt must rein in tech giants before it’s too late for Australian media

2 April, 2020 - The Federal Government dropped the ball in its response to the ACCC’s Digital Platforms Inquiry and must implement urgent reforms if Australian ...

Greens call on Govt to save regional papers and reverse ABC cuts

1 April, 2020 - The Federal Government must urgently unlock the Regional and Small Publishers Jobs and Innovation Package to save regional and community newspap...

Govt’s Job Keeper payment fails many in arts, entertainment and creative industry

31 March, 2020 - The Federal Government’s Job Keeper payment rules fail many in the arts, entertainment and creative industry which employs many casuals and sea...

Greens call on Minister to act now to save regional newspapers

30 March, 2020 - The Greens are calling on Communications Minister Paul Fletcher to urgently respond to requests for assistance for regional media as more and m...

Greens repeat call for targeted package for the arts industry

27 March, 2020 - The Federal Government must not ignore the pleas of the arts, entertainment and creative industry in its next coronavirus stimulus package and ...

Greens will keep pushing for targeted package for arts and creative industries

24 March, 2020 - The Greens will continue to push for a targeted package for the arts and creative industries after the Morrison Government refused to support G...

Greens announce plan to Save Creative Australia

19 March, 2020 - As the unfolding COVID-19 crisis continues to impact the Australia arts and creative industries, the Australian Greens have called for urgent g...

Greens call for half a billion for creative industry on its knees

16 March, 2020 - The Greens are backing the calls by the arts and creative industry for an urgent $500m rescue package to prevent collapse of the multi-billion ...

Greens send nuclear waste dump bill to inquiry

27 February, 2020 - The Greens have referred the legislation to build a nuclear waste dump in South Australia to a Senate Inquiry for scrutiny of the laws and t...

Hanson-Young welcomes Greens portfolio announcement

27 February, 2020 - Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has welcomed the announcement she is continuing as spokesperson for Environment and Water, and Media and C...

Coalition, Labor and One Nation let NSW get away with floodplain harvesting

26 February, 2020 - The Liberals, Nationals, Labor and One Nation have refused to support the Greens call for the NSW Government to reinstate the moratorium on ...