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Mine refusal a powerful victory for the Wonnarua peopl

28 October, 2022 - The NSW Independent Planning Commission has today knocked back the proposed expansion of the Glendell Mine in the Hunter Valley following a l...

Minister must do his job on invasive species control

27 October, 2022 - The Minister must do his job on invasive species control. The Greens are joining calls from farmers for an immediate resumption of invasiv...

Government Must Fast Track Gambling Card After Crime Commission Report

26 October, 2022 - The Government must stand up to the pressure from the powerful gambling industry and fast track the implementation of a cashless gambling car...

NSW Legislative Council Passes Family is Culture Bill

20 October, 2022 - The NSW Upper House has today passed the Government’s Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Amendment (Family is Culture) Bill 202...

NSW Parliament votes on petition to end public native forest logging

13 October, 2022 - The NSW Legislative Assembly will today debate on whether to take note of a petition to end public native forest logging. The petition, launc...

Urgent need to end to no grounds evictions as rents and evictions soar

27 September, 2022 - There is a desperate and urgent need to end no grounds evictions, with new data released today showing that renters are being hit with...

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...

Floodplain Harvesting Law struck down by NSW Upper House for the 4th time

21 September, 2022 - The NSW Upper House has just disallowed a floodplain harvesting regulation for the fourth time because, once again, the Water Minister has ...

Greens introduce Bill to Ban Fossil Fuel Advertising

20 September, 2022 - Greens NSW Upper House MP Sue Higginson has today given notice of a bill set to ban fossil fuel advertising in New South Wales. The bill en...

The NSW Government fails to listen to the community on public native forest logging

15 September, 2022 - The NSW Government response to the 21 thousand signatories of the petition to end native forest logging has been released today and has fai...

Youth Justice reveals cost of imprisoning children $713 940 per child per year

31 August, 2022 - Youth Justice yesterday revealed in Budget Estimates hearings that the cost of holding youth in detention in NSW has risen to $1956 per child ...

Scathing report by the Auditor General lays bare the failures of the NSW Biodiversity Offsets Scheme

30 August, 2022 - The Department for Planning and Environment has fundamentally failed to design or implement an effective scheme for biodiversity offsets accor...

NSW renters need a rent freeze

25 August, 2022 - Greens NSW MP Jenny Leong has backed federal Greens calls and urged the NSW Government to implement an emergency rent freeze to combat skyrock...

Attorney General Admits No Plan to Raise the Age of Criminal Responsibility

23 August, 2022 - Attorney General Mark Speakman has yesterday in Budget Estimates revealed the NSW Coalition Government will not be Raising the Age of criminal...

Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan Will Not Protect Koalas

17 August, 2022 - The Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan will not protect koalas or other threatened species, says Cate Faehrmann, Greens MP and planning spokes...