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Data Centre report shows frenzied AI data centre projects will derail energy transition and emissions targets

27 May, 2026 - The Greens NSW have welcomed, with alarm, the Data Centre report by Greenpeace, ‘Energy Vampires: The AI Data Centres draining Australia’. The re...

Liberal backflip means harsher criminal sentences for vulnerable people

27 May, 2026 - Liberal Leader Kellie Sloane has backflipped on reforms to character at sentencing, supporting a total removal of good character as a mitigating ...

Net Zero Commission says coal expansion inconsistent with law and advice

27 May, 2026 - The Net Zero Commission has told an inquiry today that the Minns Labor Government’s plans to expand existing coal mines - released 19 March 2026 ...

Record high prison numbers hiding crisis in remand services

14 May, 2026 - The latest figures from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) released today have revealed twin records of both the number of ...

Police Commissioner confirms Town Hall protest charges under unlawful Minns laws will be dropped

13 May, 2026 - The NSW Police Commissioner has confirmed on ABC Radio this morning that prosecutors are reviewing charges arising from the 9 February Town Hall ...

Three more NSW hospitals flailing under a public-private partnership, Inquiry hears

12 May, 2026 - Staff at Bathurst, Orange and Bloomfield hospitals told an inquiry today about the failures of their profit-driven management model, including a ...

‘Good’ character removed as a consideration in sentencing for sexual offences

12 May, 2026 - A person’s ‘good’ character will no longer be considered in sentencing for sexual crimes after the NSW Parliament passed laws today, including sa...

Laws to abolish ‘good character’ for sexual offenders pass NSW Upper House

7 May, 2026 - The Greens worked across the Parliament to pass nation-leading reforms in the NSW Upper House that would end consideration of “good character” as ...

Minns Labor Government refuses to rule out fracking for gas in Great Artesian Basin

6 May, 2026 - Minns Labor Government refuses to rule out fracking for gas in Great Artesian Basin NSW Minister for Resources Courtney Houssos has refused to ...

Experts warn the abolition of character at sentencing poses significant risk for domestic violence victims and vulnerable people

5 May, 2026 - Domestic Violence NSW, the Aboriginal Legal Service, Legal Aid NSW and other experts have warned that a proposed total abolition of character at s...

Premier throws community and environment under red tape bus

4 May, 2026 - NSW Labor Premier Chris Minns has announced in a media conference this morning that he wants environmental reviews and community consultation to b...

Minns doubles down on speech ban while waiting for Queensland challenge

1 May, 2026 - Minns doubles down on speech ban while waiting for Queensland challenge The Premier has told 2GB’s Ben Fordham today that he will not progress ...

Passive chemical exposure, human health at threat through Central West townships

1 May, 2026 - Passive chemical exposure, human health at threat through Central West townships Evidence of passive chemical exposure from agricultural poison...

The Member for Ballina Adjunct Professor Tamara Smith MP today announced that she will not be contesting the 2027 State election. Ms Smith was the first Greens MP to win a regional seat in the NSW Legislative Assembly.

1 May, 2026 - The Member for Ballina Adjunct Professor Tamara Smith MP today announced that she will not be contesting the 2027 State election. Ms Smith was the...

Premier Minns rejects Supreme Court finding and doubles down on protest

20 April, 2026 - Labor Premier Chris Minns has taken the extraordinary step of rebuking the Supreme Court’s finding that social cohesion is not a legitimat...

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