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Liberal/Nationals lack ambition needed for energy policy fit for 21st Century and reducing risk of climate change

4 December, 2018 - Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has decried the vacuum in national energy policy and the triumph of ideology over energy reform at the...

Organ harvesting report requires immediate commitments

4 December, 2018 - The report from a Federal Government inquiry considering global organ trafficking has strongly asserted the need for Australia to strengthen ...

State Heritage protection to save iconic Corn Trail

4 December, 2018 - An urgent application for State Heritage protection for the Corn Trail has today been lodged by Greens NSW MP David Shoebridge to protect it ...

LNP sign off on 20 years of more forest destruction

3 December, 2018 - Greens NSW MP Dawn Walker has labelled the decision by the State and Commonwealth Governments to sign off on new Regional Forest Agreeme...

Historical frontier wars site set to be destroyed for an open cut coal mine

1 December, 2018 - A site that saw a series of violent confrontations as part of the Frontier Wars in the early 1800s is set to be destroyed to make way for an ...

Parliamentary report released: Big new unfair tax needs to be buried

30 November, 2018 - The Parliamentary Inquiry considering the Government's "Fire and Emergency Services Levy" has today released its findings, concluding the ta...

Proud to see students acting on climate change

28 November, 2018 - Students planning to participate in a national school strike this Friday calling for emergency action on climate change should ignore the Pr...

Guilty plea over water theft will do little to stop over extraction

27 November, 2018 - Greens NSW Water Spokesperson Jeremy Buckingham has welcomed a guilty plea to water theft charges by a big irrigator but warned that le...

WestConnex M4-M5 Tunneling depths a disaster for the Inner West

23 November, 2018 - According to the WestConnex M4-M5 Link map showing the proposed tunnel depths throughout the Inner West, many homes located above parts of t...

Laws that will see the return of forced adoptions pass parliament

22 November, 2018 - Tonight the NSW Liberals have voted to pass their cruel forced adoption bill into law in the final sitting day of this Parliament. The Gr...

Water mining inquiry a smokescreen

22 November, 2018 - Member for Ballina Tamara Smith MP says the proposal by the NSW government to hold an inquiry into water mining in the Northern Rivers regio...

Statement from Greens NSW Co-Convenors

13 November, 2018 - Greens NSW MP Jenny Leong and Greens Senator Dr Mehreen Faruqi made a joint statement on November 13, calling on Jeremy Buckingham MLC step ...

Greens welcome investment in NSW energy transmission infrastructure as opportunity for supporting new renewables

12 November, 2018 - A fortnight after the Greens released their plan for eight renewable energy zones and upgrades to transmission projects in NSW, the State Go...

75 Old Growth Trees at stake in test case

12 November, 2018 - Greens MP David Shoebridge has labelled the Land and Environment Court hearing for 62 Manor Road in Hornsby a 'test case' for whether the Co...

A new downstream weir for Wilcannia a positive step forward, but too long in coming

12 November, 2018 - Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham has welcomed the state and federal governments finally committing $30 million to build a new downstream weir for...