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Creative locals stand up (and walk!) for their forest

4 May, 2020 - Fresh correspondence from the Planning Minister Rob Stokes to Greens MP David Shoebridge shows the Minister and Department are aware of the immine...

Greens call for fast-track of community infrastructure projects over developer's hit list

30 April, 2020 - Greens spokesperson for planning, Jamie Parker MP, has issued a challenge to the Minister for Planning saying that post-COVID-19, the NSW Gover...

Safeguarding the welfare of older people

21 April, 2020 - Safe Visitor Access campaign launched today to help older people in our community throughout the COVID-19 crisis. Member for Ballina Tamara ...

Safeguarding the welfare of older people

21 April, 2020 - Safe Visitor Access campaign launched today to help older people in our community throughout the COVID-19 crisis. Member for Ballina Tamara ...

Millions of taxpayer dollars being spent propping up damaging and loss-making native forest logging

20 April, 2020 - The NSW Government is handing Forestry Corporation $46 million from its $100 million regional grant scheme and there are fears it will lead to ...

Struggling Artists and Entertainers need an Arts Minister

17 April, 2020 - Premier Gladys Berejiklian needs to urgently step in and support struggling artists, entertainers and other creative workers or appoint an Arts...

Splinter could save Local Council workers

15 April, 2020 - A newly proposed 12 month Splinter Award that will be made in the NSW Industrial relations Commission today is the first step towards protectin...

Now is the time to save the Powerhouse and $1.5 billion

11 April, 2020 - With the resignation of the NSW Arts Minister now is the time for the Premier to step up and scrap his $1.5 billion Powerhouse mistake. With...

Inquiry recommends scrapping project to convert the Sydenham to Bankstown Line to metro

9 April, 2020 - The Transport Customer Service inquiry into the Conversion of the Sydenham to Bankstown Line has found that the Metro South West should terminat...

Manyana community gets a response on land clearing

8 April, 2020 - A formal response has been lodged to the petition Greens MP David Shoebridge presented to the NSW Parliament on behalf of the Manyana community ...

Scathing Auditor General’s report

8 April, 2020 - The NSW Auditor General’s report into the failed Local Schools Local Decisions (LSLD) program shows how mismanaged and misdirected this multi-bi...

Frontline workers need legal protection

6 April, 2020 - Urgent legal reforms are needed to ensure frontline workers who contract COVID-19 are covered by workers compensation as new data shows there h...

Greens call for urgent support for non-citizens in Australia

1 April, 2020 - Non-citizens living in Australia have been stranded with no income, no housing and no way to leave the country and governments must urgently ste...

COVID-19 lockdown raises many unanswered questions

31 March, 2020 - Serious questions remain about how the new NSW Public Health Order issued late last night will be applied, delivered and enforced according to ...

Greens call on government to halt planning decisions during COVID-19

30 March, 2020 - Today the Greens are calling for a moratorium on all planning decisions, including the approval of all gas and mining projects, until the gover...