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Sarah Hanson-Young
Senator for South Australia

Court ruling: Minister must provide safe, lawful abortion for Nauru rape victim

6 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens have welcomed the decision of the Federal Court, which has this evening ruled in favour of a Nauru rape victim who the Turnb...

Save the Children compensation exposes government’s refugee advocates lies

6 May, 2016 - The government's attempts to blame advocates and support workers for the horrendous situation on Nauru has backfired, with the Immigration Departm...

Childcare delay to hit families hard

4 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens have expressed regret at the government's decision to delay implementing seriously overdue changes to the early education an...

Labor and Liberal parties vote down motion to support Adnyamathanha traditional owners

3 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens have slammed the Labor and Liberal parties for teaming up to defeat a motion (below) calling on the Government to acknowledg...

Second self-immolation as tragedy unfolds on Nauru

3 May, 2016 - A young Somali woman who set herself on fire on Nauru was driven to despair after being forcibly returned to Nauru just days ago, the Australian G...

Greens call on other companies to follow Ferrovial and dump offshore detention

2 May, 2016 - The Australian Greens have called on all other companies that are profiting from the Australian Government's detention camps on Manus Island and N...

Nation ‘misty-eyed’ as Omid declared dead

29 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens have expressed their condolences to the friends, family and wife of a young man named Omid who has died after self-immola...

SA Greens join with traditional owners in saying ‘no’ to waste dump

29 April, 2016 - State and Federal South Australian Greens are calling on the community to stand together with traditional owners who are fighting against havin...

Government has no refugee plan beyond fear-mongering election politics

28 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens have accused the government of having no plan for people seeking asylum, besides using them as the basis for a divisive f...

Manus Island illegal; time to close the camp and bring the people to Australia

26 April, 2016 - The Australian Greens have welcomed the PNG Supreme Court's decision, declaring the Manus Island camp to be illegal, and have called on Malc...

Order for the Production of Asylum Seekers

20 April, 2016 - Senator HANSON-YOUNG I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Prime Minister, no later than 9.30 am on Thursday...

Labor and Liberal vote against SA jobs and Whyalla Steel

19 April, 2016 - The Labor and Liberal parties combined to defeat a motion* from SA Green Senators Robert Simms and Sarah Hanson-Young in support of the steel i...