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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...

ICAC hearing reveals dirty donations culture in NSW

26 August, 2019 - Greens NSW anti-corruption spokesperson Jamie Parker MP says that today's ICAC hearing has revealed more allegations of fundraising illegaliti...

Department playing host to Confucius institutes “unwise and problematic” says government report

23 August, 2019 - After pressure from the NSW Upper House the Government has finally released a secret report on the controversial Confucius Classrooms in NSW s...

End Strip Searching. Decriminalise Drugs.

22 August, 2019 - It’s time for heavy-handed police tactics like strip-searching to be consigned to history and all drugs decriminalised for personal use, says ...

New Team at the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Landcare

22 August, 2019 - Landcare NSW welcomed new members to the Parliamentary Friends of Landcare (PFL) this week when the committee met for the first time at NSW Pa...

Emergency wait times for mental health patients dangerous

21 August, 2019 - Unacceptably long wait times for mental health patients in emergency departments is putting lives in danger, says Greens MP and mental health ...

Stop men having sex with women to stop abortion: Greens MP speaks to Reproductive Healthcare Reform Bill

21 August, 2019 - Greens MP and health spokesperson Cate Faehrmann today spoke in favour of decrimimalising abortion in the NSW Legislative Council, saying: ...

Greens call for review of Crown casino licence

1 August, 2019 - NSW Greens MPs have called on the government to review Crown's casino gaming licence in light of fresh allegations against the casino operator....

Greens welcome ICAC hearing into political donations

31 July, 2019 - NSW Greens corruption spokesperson Jamie Parker MP has welcomed the announcement of ICAC hearings which will examine serious allegations of subv...