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We need new approaches to the cocaine problem, including legalisation

2 August, 2023 - Greens MP and Drug Law Reform and Harm Reduction spokesperson Cate Faehrmann is calling for all options to be on the table in a bid to end the ...

Forest conflict - Newry State Forest logging under martial law

31 July, 2023 - The NSW Government’s Forestry Corporation has today started logging in Newry State Forest on the Mid-North Coast with a heavy police presence in...

Greens call on Labor to significantly increase coal royalties to avoid austerity budget

28 July, 2023 - The Greens NSW have today welcomed Labor’s long overdue announcement that they intend to review the royalty rates applied to coal extracted from...

The climate crisis reaches boiling point the Premier of the Coal State’s silence is deafening

28 July, 2023 - The era of global boiling is here. Communities in the Northern Hemisphere are sweltering under unprecedented temperatures, sea surface temperatu...

NSW Police announce doubling of reward for information relating to the death of Mark Anthony Haines

21 July, 2023 - NSW Police have today announced a doubling in the reward for information relating to the death of Gomeroi teenager Mark Anthony Haines who was f...

Not far enough - review of cover up of prison officer assaults won’t scratch the surface

19 July, 2023 - The NSW Government has today announced an independent review of the circumstances that allowed Corrective Services officer Wayne Astill to sexua...

Extension of the life of coal fired power stations a betrayal of NSW community

14 July, 2023 - The owner of Vales Point coal fired power station has today announced the facility could stay open four years beyond its scheduled closure until...

Line in the Sand - Northern Rivers community calls to be heard on plan for recovery

12 July, 2023 - A grassroots Northern Rivers community group Reclaiming our Recovery has delivered a letter to members of the NSW Government, local MPs and staf...

Developer incentives fail to address root cause of housing crisis

15 June, 2023 - Commenting on the Minns Labor Government’s major planning and housing announcement today, the Greens are calling for a minimum 30% affordable ho...

Sue Higginson to move motion in Parliament calling for the release of Kathleen Folbigg

30 May, 2023 - Greens MP, solicitor and spokesperson for justice Sue Higginson will bring on a motion for debate in the NSW Parliament tomorrow calling on the N...

Criminal charges are not the end of the issue - Greens strengthen calls for police accountability

24 May, 2023 - The Greens have welcomed the announcement this evening that NSW Police officer Kristian White has been charged for the alleged tasering of 95 yea...

Police tasering misconduct - Greens to give Notice of Motion today calling for Parliamentary Inquiry into Police

23 May, 2023 - Greens MP and spokesperson for Justice Sue Higginson will today give notice of a motion calling for the NSW Government to establish a Parliamenta...

Turning Point - 95 year old woman tasered signals urgent need for NSW Police overhaul

19 May, 2023 - A 95 year old resident of a palliative care home in Cooma is today fighting for her life in hospital after NSW Police officers tasered her not ju...

Community rally at Mudgee against toxic mineral extraction projects

27 April, 2023 - Members of the Lue Action Group will be meeting at the Mudgee Showground tonight in the next phase of community opposition to Bowdens Silver Mi...