The Greens will move for an urgent Upper House Inquiry this week after more revelations that cancer-linked forever chemicals have been detected in Sydney’s drinking water catchment - this time well above Australian drinking water guidelines.

The Premier must step in and trial drug checking before summer if the Government wants to save lives, after news of the tragic deaths of two people in Sydney after taking what they were led to believe was cocaine, says Greens MP and drug law reform spokesperson Cate Faehrmann.

Greens MP and water spokesperson Cate Faehrmann says the NSW Government must urgently carry out a full independent investigation into Sydney’s drinking water after more revelations that cancer-linked forever chemicals have been detected in Sydney’s drinking water catchment.

Today’s decision by the NSW Court of Appeal to declare the approval for the controversial Bowdens lead and silver mine at Lue, near Mudgee, void, is a massive win for the local community that has been fighting to stop the mine for years, said  Greens MP and mining spokesperson Cate...