MEDIA RELEASES
Pill Testing at NSW Music Festivals Must Start Boxing Day. And Ditch the Dogs and Strip Searches: Greens
News that the Minns Government is going to trial pill testing at up to a dozen music festivals this summer is welcome, but trials must be in place for the festival blitz that commences on Boxing Day, says Greens MP and drug harm reduction spokesperson Cate Faehrmann.
Drug Summit was always set up to fail, and it (largely) did: Greens
The Government’s drug summit has been fiercely criticised by attendees on the last day, many who say that the whole exercise has excluded diverse and marginalised voices and experiences and many questioning the point of the whole exercise, says Cate Faehrmann, Greens MP and drug law reform and harm reduction...
Drug Summit Priorities and Don’t Wait Until Next Year on Pill Testing
Greens MP and drug law reform and harm reduction spokesperson Cate Faehrmann will attend the two hearings of the drug summit in Sydney today and tomorrow.
Greens urge Minns to stand up to gambling industry’s predictable outrage over proposed new gaming reforms
The Greens are calling on the Minns Government to ignore the pushback from the gambling industry and commit to a mandatory statewide accounts-based system linked to a person’s identity, which is the key recommendation from the Independent Panel on Gaming Reform’s Roadmap released today.
Decriminalisation, pill testing, drug driving laws must be top of agenda for drug summit
Greens MP and drug law reform and harm reduction spokesperson Cate Faehrmann will attend the Lismore hearing of the drug summit today. Cate will be pushing for key drug law reform measures as well as investment that reflects the needs of regional New South Wales, including for specialist drug treatment...
Proposed changes to drinking water guidelines for PFAS not low enough: Greens
The NSW Government should be strongly advocating for Australia’s drinking water guidelines to reflect global best practice after draft new guidelines released today still have Australia lagging behind the US on acceptable levels for some ‘forever chemicals’ says Cate Faehrmann, Greens NSW MP and chair of the newly established Upper...
Update: Bowdens court decision safe but planning laws further weakened
The Environment Planning and Assessment (State Significant Development) Bill 2024 that was tabled last night in the NSW Upper House will not invalidate the Court of Appeal ruling on the Bowdens lead and silver mine.