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NSW Greens launch plan for 1 million households to have solar in four years

12 February, 2019 -  The NSW Greens have today launched a $1.25 billion comprehensive plan to ensure at least one million extra households in NSW can eithe...

Sacgasco PEP 11 decision shows community campaign working

12 February, 2019 - The Greens have credited the community campaign against an offshore gas proposal off the Coast of Newcastle, the Central Coast and Sydney fo...

There is still time to abandon disastrous music festival licensing rules: Greens

12 February, 2019 - The Greens are calling on NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian to abandon her disastrous new licensing regime for music festivals set to be introd...

Breakthrough judgment on Rocky Hill: courts recognize climate change, when will Parliament?

8 February, 2019 - The Land and Environment Court has today handed down its decision on the Rocky Hill Coal Mine. This landmark decision is the first time we se...

Planning law has power to destroy our community

7 February, 2019 - Greens call for immediate moratorium on manor houses. Greens Member for Ballina Tamara Smith MP is calling for an immediate moratorium on ...

We’ll see you in court: local community starts court challenge to stadium demolition

4 February, 2019 - Local community group Local Democracy Matters have issued a legal challenge to the State Government regarding the approval for the controvers...

Member for Ballina Tamara Smith calls for compulsory acquisition of West Byron site

1 February, 2019 - State Member for Ballina, Tamara Smith MP has called on the Minister for Planning and the Minister for Environment and Heritage to compulsori...

Greens: Waterloo redevelopment plans need a radical rethink

23 January, 2019 - Today’s announcement by the NSW Minister for Social Housing, Pru Goward on the plans for the redevelopment of the Waterloo housing estate rep...

Greens Committed to Funding Injection for Roads in Northern Rivers

18 January, 2019 - Greens State Member for Ballina Tamara Smith and Greens Candidate for Lismore Sue Higginson are committing to needs-based funding for roads a...

Koalas Need Urgent Intervention to Save Remaining Habitat

14 January, 2019 - Chair of the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Koala Populations and their Habitat, Greens MP Cate Faehrmann says that the government must prote...

SMART drumline trial on Sydney's Northern Beaches should mean the removal of destructive shark nets

11 January, 2019 - The Greens NSW are calling for the removal of shark nets on Sydney's Northern Beaches following the announcement that a trial of SMART d...

Damning parliamentary report on Parklea - but Labor and Liberals still push for private prisons

21 December, 2018 - The NSW Parliamentary inquiry into the private Parklea prison released today has shown the complete failure of the private prison model. The...

Greens MP raises concerns about environmental breaches at new Tweed Hospital site

20 December, 2018 - Greens NSW MP, Dawn Walker has raised concerns about damage to the habitat of endangered species and potential breaches of Commonwealth...

Greens: Parliamentary Inquiry Recommendations Expose WestConnex Debacle

17 December, 2018 - The Greens respond to the Report by the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Impact of WestConnex which was secured by the Greens and the communit...

Greens NSW asks Jeremy Buckingham to stand aside from state election ticket

8 December, 2018 - Greens NSW Media Statement  Saturday, 8 December 2018   The Greens NSW Co-Convenors Sylvia Hale and Rochelle Flood today issue...