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“We need systemic change, not platitudes” Greens call to ditch Howard-Morrison concoctions of ‘harmony’ and replace Harmony Week with Anti-racism Week

18 March, 2024 - Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and spokesperson on Anti-racism Senator Mehreen Faruqi is calling on the Government to:  ...

$45,000 fine for Forestry Corporation for unlawful logging

15 March, 2024 - The NSW Forestry Corporation has been hit again for breaching environmental laws, this time with a $45,000 dollar fine for unlawful logging ope...

Allow Councils to tax and regulate short-term holiday lets: Greens

15 March, 2024 - Greens NSW MPs Jenny Leong and Tamara Smith have today urged the NSW government to tax short-term holiday lets in a joint submissionto the NSW ...

Faruqi reacts to Labor’s decision to reinstate UNRWA funding

15 March, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson for International Aid and Global Justice Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has responded to Minister Wong’s announc...

Environmental crimes set to see bigger penalties with a stronger regulator in NSW

14 March, 2024 - The NSW Government is set to introduce stronger penalties for some environmental offences bringing them more in line with current costs, effect...

Go directly to jail; Minns Labor Government to throw more kids in prison

12 March, 2024 - The Minns Labor Government is pushing through changes to bail and criminal laws that will result in more children being trapped in the criminal...

Media release: Government’s proposed doxxing laws as clear as mud

11 March, 2024 - The Albanese Government have released their consultation paper regarding proposed doxxing laws which has only added to the already considerable...

Faruqi calls on Wong to follow Canada, Sweden and restore funding to UNRWA immediately

10 March, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson for International Aid and Global Justice Senator Mehreen Faruqi, is calling on the Labor government to&nb...

Botany bomb threat arrests

7 March, 2024 - Comments attributable to Sue Higginson MLC, spokesperson for justice in regards to arrest made over bomb threat in Botany. “I really hope thi...

Gomeroi Traditional Owners win appeal against Santos’ Narrabri Pilliga Gas Project

6 March, 2024 - The Federal Court of Australia has today, 6 March 2024, ruled that the Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Santos Narrabri Pilliga Gas Project wer...

Greens call for immediate resignation of top Corrections officers in light of damning Astill report released today

6 March, 2024 - The report from an independent inquiry into the sexual assaults committed by former Corrections Officer Wayne Astill against female prisoners at...

“I could do it tomorrow” - Attorney General boasts that he can, and will not, raise age of criminal responsibility

6 March, 2024 - The Attorney General could raise the age of criminal responsibility tomorrow, and will not, he boasted under questioning in Budget Estimates thi...

Minister reveals 100% of private child service providers are providing inaccurate information to the Government

4 March, 2024 - The Minister for Families and Communities has revealed under questioning in Budget Estimates that 100% of surveyed private out of home care serv...

NSW Police prefer pinkwashing to real accountability

29 February, 2024 - The pressure that the NSW Police, conservative media and state government have placed on Mardi Gras to change their decision to uninvite the...

Tamara Smith MP urges Planning Minister to call in Wallum development

29 February, 2024 - Tamara Smith MP Member for Ballina has today urged the NSW Planning Minister Paul Scully to refer the “Wallum” development at 15 Torakina Ro...

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