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Koala Inquiry to Hear Evidence That More Than 30% of North Coast Koala habitat Destroyed by Fires

9 December, 2019 - Ecologist Dailan Pugh will present evidence to a NSW Upper House Inquiry into Koala Populations that up to one third of koala habitat on the ...

Manufactured stone so dangerous that suppliers can’t get product liability insurance

7 December, 2019 - Manufactured stone is considered so dangerous the industry that sells it can’t get product liability insurance. This will leave people exp...

The Greens call on the Premier to remove shark nets immediately

4 December, 2019 - Tamara Smith, Member for Ballina and NSW Greens spokesperson for Marine and Fisheries is today calling on the NSW Government to remove shark ...

Logging while NSW burns

29 November, 2019 - Images have emerged which show continued logging operations in NSW native forests by Forestry Corporation contractors despite the widespread...

ICAC Committee calls on government to support independent funding for ICAC

22 November, 2019 - A report released by the NSW Parliament ICAC Committee calls on the government to investigate a new, independent funding model proposed by t...

No justice for David Dungay, 240 years of black deaths in custody continues

22 November, 2019 - The findings of the Coronial Inquest into the death of David Dungay has today recommended no charges or sanctions for the prison officers in...

Parliament Recognises Historic Native Title Decision

21 November, 2019 - A motion put forward by the Member for Ballina, Tamara Smith MP, recognising the Arakwal Bundjalung people as the Native Title holders of ar...

IPC correct to reject Star Casino overdevelopment

20 November, 2019 - Today the proposed Star casino town in Pyrmont has been rejected by the Independent Planning Commission. Greens planning spokesperson Jam...

The evidence is in; climate change is driving these catastrophic fires and the NSW government is in denial

11 November, 2019 - With catastrophic losses of lives, property and nature mounting, it is no longer possible to deny the reality of climate change and this mus...

Coroner’s findings proof that policing the war on drugs unwinnable and damaging

8 November, 2019 - Today’s Coroners Court findings make it clear the aggressive ongoing police war against young people and the music industry is damaging and u...

Greens MP Cate Faehrmann to introduce pill testing bill next week following Coroner's findings

8 November, 2019 - Greens MP and Drug Law Reform and Harm Reduction spokesperson Cate Faehrmann has called on the Premier to commit to a pill testing trial over...

Local Schools Local Decisions fails with $1.3 billion unspent in school bank accounts

4 November, 2019 - Information obtained in Parliament by the Greens shows that public schools across NSW have $1.3 billion in unspent money. Averaged across the...

The most harmful thing about drugs is that they’re illegal

1 November, 2019 - Calls by the Special Counsel assisting the Ice Inquiry to decriminalise all drugs should be a wakeup call for the Premier and all the evidenc...

More than three quarters of all drug dog searches and two thirds of strip searches find nothing

25 October, 2019 - The NSW police’s personal search program is fundamentally failing - with fresh data provided by the Police Minister to the Greens in the NSW ...

Corporate profits first. Commuters last.

24 October, 2019 - The Liberals sell-off of the three remaining publicly operated bus regions in Sydney spells disaster for affected communities with commuters ...