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Greens move pill testing, decriminalisation and legalising cannabis bills to save lives

14 October, 2019 - Recommendations regarding pill testing and police harassment in the draft Coroner’s Report into Music Festivals Deaths are not surprising and...

Major Hospital building surrounded by bushfire zone has flammable cladding

9 October, 2019 - A recently constructed multi-story hospital building surrounded by a bushfire zone in Northern Sydney has been assessed as having high-risk fl...

Right to farm laws a front for protest crackdown

1 October, 2019 - Amidst an epidemic of illegal land clearing, criminal animal cruelty and concern about mining operations, the NSW Government have stepped in w...

Lockout Laws Report Welcome, But Two Key Recommendations Missing

30 September, 2019 - Greens MP and Arts, Music, Night-Time Economy and Culture Spokesperson Cate Faehrmann has welcomed the findings of the Report into Sydney’s...

Policing by numbers an abuse of public trust

30 September, 2019 - Information obtained by the Greens through Parliament has exposed the NSW Police Force doing “policing by numbers” with the use of powers t...

Greens to Introduce Pill Testing Bill

26 September, 2019 - Greens MP and spokesperson for Drug Law Reform and Harm Reduction Cate Faehrmann has given notice today to introduce a bill that would allo...

Inner west fire sale planned by cash-strapped Council

25 September, 2019 - The Inner West Council has commenced a property fire sale which could see some of the most iconic public buildings in the inner west go int...

Nationals “Right to Farm” law is a missed opportunity

25 September, 2019 - Tamara Smith MP, Member for Ballina and NSW Greens Agricultural Spokesperson today spoke of the lost opportunity to farmers in NSW while th...

Member for Balmain warns fish market price tag will overdevelop Pyrmont

19 September, 2019 - Jamie Parker MP has warned that a $500 million increase in the cost of redeveloping the Sydney Fish Market will necessitate overdevelopment...

Greens condemn government protection racket

18 September, 2019 - Jamie Parker MP, the NSW Greens Spokesperson for anti-corruption, has condemned the government's refusal to debate an ICAC referral motion ...

Greens welcome cash donation limit but gaping holes remain

18 September, 2019 - Jamie Parker MP, NSW Greens spokesperson for anti-corruption, has welcomed a proposal from the NSW Premier to ban cash-only donations above...

NSW taxpayers slugged more than $200 million last year in insurance subsidies to the construction industry

7 September, 2019 - Government answers delivered to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Building Standards have revealed a disastrous $201 million deficit in the NSW...

Tamara Smith MP congratulates recipients of the My Community Project Grant

5 September, 2019 - Tamara Smith MP congratulates Byron Youth Service Inc., Suffolk Park Progress Association and Byron Bay Community Association for their succ...

Criminal record check scheme a risk

2 September, 2019 - Almost 100 private companies and public agencies have been given privileged access to NSW Police criminal records on a cash-for-access schem...

New model for law reform for Bowraville Murders

30 August, 2019 - The NSW Parliamentary Committee investigating the legal obstacles in the Bowraville Murders has today presented a report referring a new model...