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Greens call for tough penalties for unregistered lobbying in NSW

22 October, 2019 - Greens NSW corruption spokesperson Jamie Parker MP has called for companies who lobby politicians without registering themselves or their lob...

Greens NSW support press freedom

21 October, 2019 - The Greens NSW support the Right to Know Coalition campaign for the decriminalisation of public interest journalism, and greater protection f...

State government’s silicosis initiatives will fail workers

18 October, 2019 - The initiatives announced today by the State government fail to respond to the dramatic nature of the problem of workers dying from silicosis...

Barilaro’s Dam Stupid Idea: Cate Faehrmann

16 October, 2019 - The Government’s plan to fast-track the approval and construction of dams in Western NSW will do nothing to prevent towns reaching ‘Day-Zero’...

Councils across the state take key leadership role on Climate Emergency

16 October, 2019 - The Local Government NSW annual conference representing 127 councils across NSW yesterday passed a motion declaring a climate emergency, refl...

Tamara Smith MP Commissions artwork for community birthday cards

15 October, 2019 - Tamara Smith MP commissions stunning representation of local landscape for community birthday cards in 2020. Elena Larkin is an artist bas...

Thousands of manufactured stone workers have health scans that miss 40% of silicosis cases

15 October, 2019 - Over 6500 workers, mainly from the the manufactured stone industry, have had their lungs tested for silicosis using technology that fails to ...

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...