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Resignation of Senator Richard Di Natale

3 February, 2020 - Co-Convenors Sylvia Hale and Rochelle Flood today expressed their regret on behalf The Greens NSW at Senator Richard Di Natale’s decision to ...

Energy deal not plugged into the climate crisis

31 January, 2020 - A plan between the Federal and NSW Liberal Government to prop up the failing gas industry will increase the use of unsustainable Coal Seam Ga...

Greens blast seismic testing beginning from Monday in Lake Macquarie

31 January, 2020 - From Monday, without proper consultation or notice, Centennial Coal will begin seismic testing and drilling in the basin of Lake Macquarie wi...

Priorities all wrong as NSW Coalition delivers hundreds fewer paid fire fighters

4 January, 2020 - Analysis by the Greens NSW shows in the nine years since the Coalition was elected in NSW the number of paid professional firefighters has bee...

Bill Ryan, Second World War Kokoda Trail veteran, arrested seven times at climate actions, dies at 97

24 December, 2019 - Bill Ryan, a 97 year old veteran of the Second World War Kokoda Campaign, died yesterday. His life and work for climate action and social...

Government punishes head of police watchdog by refusing reappointment

23 December, 2019 - The Berejiklian Government has punished the head of the state’s independent police watchdog by refusing to reappoint him after three years s...

Greens MP arrested for taking part in a peaceful student protest about the bushfires and climate emergency

19 December, 2019 - Greens MP David Shoebridge will be defending the charge against him for participating in a peaceful climate emergency protest outside Kirrib...

NSW Government refuses to commit to secure long-term funding for vital disability advocacy services

19 December, 2019 - The Ageing & Disability Commissioner Report into the ongoing funding of vital independent disability advocacy services was handed down t...

25,000+ feral horses in Kosciuszko demands urgent intervention by the Premier: Greens

16 December, 2019 - A new aerial study revealing that feral horse numbers in Kosciuszko National Park has reached a staggering 25,318 horses demands an urgent i...

Koala Inquiry to Hear Evidence That More Than 30% of North Coast Koala habitat Destroyed by Fires

9 December, 2019 - Ecologist Dailan Pugh will present evidence to a NSW Upper House Inquiry into Koala Populations that up to one third of koala habitat on the ...

Manufactured stone so dangerous that suppliers can’t get product liability insurance

7 December, 2019 - Manufactured stone is considered so dangerous the industry that sells it can’t get product liability insurance. This will leave people exp...

The Greens call on the Premier to remove shark nets immediately

4 December, 2019 - Tamara Smith, Member for Ballina and NSW Greens spokesperson for Marine and Fisheries is today calling on the NSW Government to remove shark ...

Logging while NSW burns

29 November, 2019 - Images have emerged which show continued logging operations in NSW native forests by Forestry Corporation contractors despite the widespread...

ICAC Committee calls on government to support independent funding for ICAC

22 November, 2019 - A report released by the NSW Parliament ICAC Committee calls on the government to investigate a new, independent funding model proposed by t...

No justice for David Dungay, 240 years of black deaths in custody continues

22 November, 2019 - The findings of the Coronial Inquest into the death of David Dungay has today recommended no charges or sanctions for the prison officers in...