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Sarah Hanson-Young
Senator for South Australia

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....

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...