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Sarah Hanson-Young
Senator for South Australia

Greens introduce new laws to protect the Bight as Black by-election enters final week

11 November, 2024 - The Greens will introduce new laws at a federal and state level to secure World Heritage Protection status for the Great Australian Bight, s...

PM must outlaw predatory algorithms and data harvesting by social media companies

7 November, 2024 - The Greens have called on the Federal Government to announce measures that will tackle the predatory business models of the tech giants, sayi...

Greens announce election plan to get mental health into Medicare for SA patients

31 October, 2024 - At a time when the cost of living crisis is both making mental health worse and causing an increasing number of people across Australia to de...

Peter Dutton & Labor must rule out high & intermediate nuclear waste dumping near Port Adelaide: Greens

31 October, 2024 - The Greens have called on Peter Dutton and the Labor Party to unequivocally rule out storing high and intermediate level nuclear waste at Osb...

Labor’s politics of pollution fueling wildlife wipeout: Greens

29 October, 2024 - The Federal Environment Minister is presiding over a wildlife wipeout in Australia by failing to protect endangered species from extinction, ...

Rocket launching approval blows up Labor’s environmental credentials in SA

29 October, 2024 - The Greens say federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek's decision today to approve a rocket launching site on habitat critical for endan...

Wholesale digital reform needed to tackle & tax big tech corporations

21 October, 2024 - Big tech and social media corporations should pay their fair share back to the communities they profit from, including for public interest jo...

Greens plan to overhaul vicious cycle of waste

15 October, 2024 - The Greens have today announced a plan for a National Repairability Star Rating label system to overhaul the vicious cycle of production and ...

Big tech can’t be let off the hook for harvesting kids data, targeting young people: Greens

11 October, 2024 - The Greens say the Government’s shifting position on young people and social media should not let the big tech corporations off the hook for ...

Labor & Liberal weak on Murdoch as media reform stalled

10 October, 2024 - The Greens have criticised Labor and Liberal for failing to back a Royal Commission into Australian Media labelling them “Murdoch cowards.” T...

Greens introduce gambling ads ban today in Senate test for Labor & Liberal

9 October, 2024 - Today the Greens will introduce their Ban Gambling Ads Bill to the Senate. The Bill will ban gambling ads on TV, radio, print a...

NBN law will be scrutinised to ensure affordable, accessible internet for all

9 October, 2024 - The Greens will scrutinise the Albanese Government’s NBN Bill to ensure reliable internet is affordable and accessible for all Australians. In...