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Sarah Hanson-Young
Senator for South Australia

Senate backs Greens call for serious action on biodiversity management

4 December, 2018 - Australia must strengthen environmental laws, backed up by real investment, if it is to heed the recommendations of last week’s UN Biodiversi...

Greens back young people striking for climate action

30 November, 2018 - South Australian Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young stands in solidarity with the young people striking for climate action in Adelaide today....

Greens to bring Bight drilling ban debate to Senate

26 November, 2018 - Australian Greens environment spokesperson Senator Sarah Hanson-Young will bring her Private Member’s Bill to ban oil and gas drilling in th...

Liberal Government inaction on climate is dooming our natural environment

26 November, 2018 - The Senate has backed  a Greens’ motion declaring climate change is the biggest threat to life on our planet, calling on the Liberal Governm...

Greens announce plan to boost Australia’s creative industries

21 November, 2018 - The Australian Greens are announcing their policy to establish a Creativity Commission and bolster our local creative industries at this yea...

Greens will hold Labor to high environmental standard

19 November, 2018 - The Labor Party has shown it cannot be trusted on protecting the environment following its draft policy backflip, the Greens say.   “Labor’s...

Australia needs environmental laws with teeth to tackle pollution crisis

16 November, 2018 - MEDIA RELEASE Friday, November 16, 2018   Australia needs environmental laws with teeth to tackle pollution crisis   The Australian Conserva...

Drilling ban vital as Bight oil spill risks grow

14 November, 2018 - Leaked documents from Equinor’s own oil spill data that show oil could reach Sydney beaches are a wake-up call to all Australians, the Green...

ABC is the answer to soft-diplomacy in Asia-Pacific

8 November, 2018 - The Greens will move for responsibility and funding to be restored to the ABC to share content with the Asia-Pacific region in the Senate nex...

Our nation needs strong public interest journalism

8 November, 2018 - Today’s ACCC decision green-lighting the merger of Nine and Fairfax is another wake-up call to why we need strong, independent public broadca...

Statement from Senator Hanson-Young regarding NSW police officer guilty plea

6 November, 2018 - "In July, in the midst of the public debate regarding comments made by Senator Leyonhjelm about me, a NSW police officer called my office and...

Minister Canavan is recklessly misleading the public on petrol prices: Greens

2 November, 2018 - Resources Minister Matt Canavan is misleading the Australian people by linking petrol prices to drilling for oil in the Great Australian Bigh...