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State Government fiddles on climate action while NSW burns

20 August, 2018 - The Greens have condemned the NSW Government for fiddling on climate action while the state literally burns. It follows today's announcemen...

Ombudsman report damns water compliance performance

17 August, 2018 - Greens NSW water spokesman Jeremy Buckingham said today's Ombudsman's report Water: Compliance and Enforcement once again details how the NSW ...

Shark nets should stay out of NSW waters this summer: Greens

17 August, 2018 - Greens NSW Marine Spokesperson Justin Field has called for an end to shark nets across NSW following replacement of nets on North Coast beache...

Coalition’s Public Land Giveaway referred to ICAC

16 August, 2018 - A public land giveaway that occurred in near-secret has been referred to ICAC by Greens MP David Shoebridge. The sale raises grave concerns ab...

Greens congratulate community on pushing NSW Govt into consultation on new marine protected areas proposal

16 August, 2018 - Greens NSW Marine spokesperson Justin Field has congratulated the community for its hard work advocating for a Sydney Marine Park proposal, wh...

Greens introduce laws to ban all single-use plastics in NSW by the end of 2023

16 August, 2018 - Greens NSW MP Justin Field has today introduced ambitious laws in State Parliament aimed at phasing out all single-use plastics in NSW by the ...

Greens MP Cate Faehrmann elected to NSW Parliament; takes on Environment, Women, Transport portfolios

16 August, 2018 - Environmental and women’s rights activist Cate Faehrmann has been elected as the newest Greens MP in the NSW Parliament Legislative Council, r...

Government Denies Communitites Local Decision Making on Short-term Rental Accommodation: Greens

15 August, 2018 - The Liberal/National Party last night voted against Greens amendments that would have given communities like Byron Bay and local councils more...

Greens question Minister over Tweed Hospital

15 August, 2018 - Greens Health spokesperson, Dawn Walker MP has ramped up pressure on the Liberal-National Government over their refusal to re-develop the new ...

Unfair protest laws made to be broken

15 August, 2018 - The Berejiklian Government has teamed up with the Christian Democratic Party to block a vote in the NSW Parliament to knock off their noxious ...

‘Ludicrous’: First new coal license set to be granted in Sydney Basin since 1993

14 August, 2018 - The Greens NSW mining spokesman Jeremy Buckingham today expressed outrage that the NSW Government intend to grant the first new coal explora...

Greens NSW MP Farewells NSW Parliament before Joining Federal Senate

14 August, 2018 - Greens NSW MP Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC has tonight gifted NSW Parliament some home truths in her final speech before moving to the Australian Sen...

Greens: Redfern/Darlington Sell-off Must be Stopped

13 August, 2018 - Greens Member for Newtown, Jenny Leong MP, has slammed the latest sell off of land around Redfern station reported in the SMH today and called...

Greens call for urgent intervention in light of NSW Auditor General’s report on FACS failures

10 August, 2018 - Greens NSW Housing spokesperson Jenny Leong MP has called for an urgent intervention to protect public housing tenants in response to the damn...

Hodge podge spending caps will damage local democracy

10 August, 2018 - Bizarre changes to spending caps in Local Government elections have resulted in a disastrously inconsistent scheme resulting in inequitable sp...