MEDIA RELEASES
Greens move to remove 25 yr old drug dog powers to enter licensed premises
Greens MP and drug law reform spokesperson Cate Faehrmann has introduced a bill to repeal NSW police powers granted by the Carr Labor Government in 2001 to conduct drug dog operations in nightclubs, pubs, music festivals, public transport stations and entertainment precincts.
Independent Planning Commission’s approval of HVO coal project kills NSW net zero goals: Greens
The approval of the fourteenth coal mine expansion under the Minns Labor Government has killed any chance of NSW meeting its own climate emissions reduction targets, said Greens MP and coal & gas spokesperson Cate Faehrmann.
Record poker machine losses expose Minns Government's gambling reform failure
New figures showing NSW residents lost a record $4.75 billion on poker machines in just six months are more proof that the Minns Labor Government has gone soft on tackling gambling harm, says Greens MP and gambling harm reduction spokesperson Cate Faehrmann.
Permanent drug checking welcome but community services will save more lives
Almost eight years after the summer of 2018-19 where six young people tragically lost their lives to drug overdoses at NSW music festivals, the announcement today that the Minns Government will provide pill testing services at music festivals permanently is welcome but long overdue, Greens MP and drug harm reduction...
Drug checking trial a success, now make it permanent
Greens MP and drug law reform & harm reduction spokesperson Cate Faehrmann is calling on the Minns Government to make drug checking at music festivals permanent and expand it into other sites in the community following the release of the New South Wales Music Festival Drug Checking Trial: Final Report
Labor's voluntary card-based gaming fails the test to reduce harm and money laundering
The Minns Government’s gaming reform package announced today fails the test when it comes to genuine poker machine reform: tackling money laundering and reducing the skyrocketing and increasing rates at which people are losing money to poker machines in NSW, says Greens MP and gambling harm minimisation spokesperson Cate Faehrmann.
Government must step in with urgent funding package for Divine Playhouse organisers
The 24 Hour Economy Commissioner, Mike Rodrigues, must step in and throw his and his agency’s resources behind the organisers of Divine Playhouse to find them another venue after they were forced to close as a result of a vicious and coordinated campaign by far-right religious extremists.