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Sarah Hanson-Young
Senator for South Australia

Libs fail the environment again on secretive uranium decision

26 April, 2019 - The Liberals have shown we can’t risk another term of them in Government, by approving a destructive uranium mine on the eve of an election bei...

Environmental protection key Greens focus this election

17 April, 2019 - The Greens’ are putting protecting and restoring our environment front and centre for the 2019 election campaign. “The Government would have yo...

Government’s own report shows environment must be prioritised over greedy irrigators

10 April, 2019 - The fish kill report underlines that the environment must be put first and we need a royal commission to fix the management of the Murray Darli...

Solar thermal plant should be publicly-owned: Greens

5 April, 2019 - State and Federal Governments must intervene to save Australia’s first baseload solar thermal power plant, following the collapse of Solar Reser...

ABC will continue to lose out under Liberals

3 April, 2019 - Scott Morrison’s pre-election budget has confirmed cuts to the ABC will continue under the Liberals, the Greens say.   “This is a government tha...

SA on a road to nowhere under Liberals

3 April, 2019 - South Australians have been left high and dry under Scott Morrison’s pre-election budget.   “With no marginal seats to throw cash at, South Aust...

Back off Barnaby

26 March, 2019 - Barnaby Joyce should be blaming his party’s consistent backing of corporate cotton for his electoral woes, not water flowing into South Austral...

Greens media reform package puts public interest journalism front and centre

26 March, 2019 - The Australian Greens media reform package turns the blow torch on the big corporate media giants and places quality, public interest journalis...

Consequences for cotton farmer who ripped off the river

22 March, 2019 - The Australian Greens are renewing calls for a federal Royal Commission into the Murray Darling Basin following the conviction of a NSW cotton ...

Greens Environment Commission would fund and track threatened species recovery

21 March, 2019 - Reports that the Federal Government has not kept track of threatened species recovery shows the need for the Greens’ proposal to strengthen env...

​​​​​​​Greens push environmental protection as top priority for next Government

17 March, 2019 - The Australian Greens are committed to real protection and restoration of our environment, backed up by solid investment and a plan to make Aus...

Taxpayer money wasted on failed water efficiency projects

6 March, 2019 - The ANU scientific report into water efficiency infrastructure is another piece of scathing evidence showing the Murray Darling Basin Plan is fa...