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David Shoebridge
Senator for NSW

Greens push back with plan for National laws to protect the right to protest

20 December, 2022 - Tuesday 20 December 2022 Following attacks on the right to protest in jurisdictions around the country, the Greens will bring a national ...

No child should spend Christmas in prison, Greens call for urgent release of child prisoners from Ashley

19 December, 2022 - Monday 19 December 2022 The Greens are calling for children imprisoned at Ashley Youth Detention Centre to be allowed wherever possible t...

Greens give notice of law to shut down notorious Don Dale child prison

1 December, 2022 - Thursday 1 December 2022 The Greens have given notice of a Bill that would close the notorious Don Dale Youth Detention Centre in Darwin.&...

NACC Bill passes Senate in historic vote with critical Greens amends on integrity

29 November, 2022 - NACC Bill passes Senate in historic vote with critical Greens amends on integrity Tuesday 29 November 2022 In an historic moment for t...

NACC: Foxes can't design the henhouse

5 October, 2022 - Tuesday 5 October 2022  Of course the Coalition wants an impossibly high bar for NACC public hearings, they are protecting their self ...

What scares us makes them rich: weapons expo puts global arms dealers in the spotlight

4 October, 2022 - 4 October 2022 Greens Senator and Defence Spokesperson David Shoebridge will join with peace activists to speak outside Land Forces 2022, a...

Optus data breach exposes weaknesses in the AFP and Australia's data security laws

27 September, 2022 - 27 September 2022 There are serious questions over the Australian Federal Police’s capacity to lead the investigation into serious data ...

We've found a way to legalise it

26 September, 2022 - The Australian Greens are launching the first ever plan to legalise cannabis nationally. Greens Senator David Shoebridge is moving ahead...

We've found a way to legalise it

26 September, 2022 - 26 September 2022 The Australian Greens are moving ahead with the first national plan to legalise cannabis.  Senator David Shoeb...

Greens push for Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into Morrison

24 August, 2022 - The Greens are calling for a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into Scott Morrison’s conduct in being secretly sworn into Ministries. Greens...

GG's failure to disclose PM's secret Ministries defied usual practice, records show

20 August, 2022 - 20 August 2022 Annual Reports show the Governor General has historically publicly disclosed details of the appointment and swearing in of M...

First Speech - David Shoebridge

2 August, 2022 - Tuesday 2 August 2022 from 5:30pm[simultaneously interpreted into Auslan] President, for more than 2,000 generations, First Nations peoples hav...