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Sarah Hanson-Young
Senator for South Australia

Greens push for 10,000 more family reunion visa places

3 June, 2016 - With the family reunion visa system struggling due to limited places, long waiting lists and excessive fees, the Australian Greens have outlined ...

Greens push to extend Frome Street Bikeway and boost SA public transport

3 June, 2016 - Adelaide's Frome Street Bikeway would finally be extended to the River Torrens, under a Greens plan to invest more than half a billion dollars in...

Greens make election pledge for Solar Thermal in SA

1 June, 2016 - The Australian Greens have said that they will push for the $100m Federal grant required to make a solar thermal plant in Port Augusta a reality ...

Cambodia: one refugee left as situation deteriorates

28 May, 2016 - The government's deal with Cambodia has failed, with just one refugee remaining in the country, and should be ended immediately the Australian Gr...

SA families hit by $90m childcare delay

27 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens have expressed concern for the thousands of South Australian families who will be disadvantaged by the government's decisio...

Manus and Nauru torturous by design: Greens

22 May, 2016 - The Manus Island and Nauru detention camps are not only torturous, but are intentionally design to be so, the Australian Greens have said. "Tim C...

Greens: Complicated Nauru pregnancy should have been brought to Australia

14 May, 2016 - The young mother who was sent from Nauru and is now fighting for her life in a Brisbane Hospital, along with her newborn baby, had a complicated ...

Nauru mother and baby critical

13 May, 2016 - Following an emergency medical evacuation after a caesarean birth, all families including women and children on Nauru need to be brought back to ...

QLD families to be slugged $287m by childcare delay

12 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens have expressed concern for the thousands of Queensland families who will be disadvantaged by the government's decision to d...

Nauru death needs independent investigation

11 May, 2016 - With the death of yet another person in Australia's care on Nauru, the Australian Greens have again expressed their condolences and called for an...

SA’s future in renewables, not ‘fatally flawed’ nuclear waste dumps

9 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens have cautioned the South Australian Labor Government against rushing to a point of no return on international radioactive wa...

'Sorry' the hardest word for Scott Morrison

8 May, 2016 - Today Scott Morrison, the former Immigration Minister, refused to apologise to Save the Children for the baseless and inaccurate accusations that ...