MEDIA RELEASES
Minns Government must defend Divine Playhouse and LGBTQIA+ community against coordinated attacks
The Minister for Music and Night-time Economy John Graham must publicly defend Divine Playhouse, its organisers, staff, artists and patrons from a coordinated campaign of attacks by conservative media commentators and right-wing Christian activists, says Cate Faehrmann Greens MLC and music and arts spokesperson.
Lead Still Polluting Kid’s Blood in Broken Hill Latest Report Confirms
NSW Greens MP Cate Faehrmann has condemned the Minns Government's response to the ongoing lead crisis in Broken Hill, after the latest Lead Program Annual Report revealed that more than one-third of young children in the city still have elevated blood lead levels and Aboriginal children continue to bear the...
NSW Budget locks in pokies misery with more subsidies to clubs and even more pokies losses forecast - media release
The Minns Government has knocked any hope of gambling reform on the head in today’s state budget with tax concessions to clubs with poker machines totalling $1.252 billion, while revenue from taxes on poker machine losses having to be revised upward by a whopping $638.2 million over the forward estimates.
New data proves Minns too close to gambling lobby to care about rising harm from pokies
Greens MP and gambling harm reduction spokesperson Cate Faehrmann has accused Chris Minns of being so close to the gambling industry that he is blind to the growing social and economic costs of New South Wales’ pokies addiction, with the quarterly gambling data showing a record $2.37 billion lost in...
Greens call for free public transport as fuel prices surge
Greens MP Cate Faehrmann has sent an urgent letter to the Premier calling on him to follow the lead of the Tasmanian and Victorian Governments who have just announced free public transport as a way to help alleviate rising fuel costs and fuel shortages.
$9.3 billion lost to pokies in 2025 proof that Minns doesn’t give a stuff
Quarterly NSW gaming data released yesterday showing a staggering $9.3 billion was lost to pokies in 2025, the highest ever and 8% more than last year, is a scathing indictment on the Minns Labor Government’s efforts to tackle pokies harm and proof they don’t give a stuff, says Greens MP...
Labor’s plan to support coal mining out to 2050 fails climate test
The Minns Government’s new strategy for the future of coal mining in NSW, the NSW Coal Industry 2026-2050, fails the climate test by leaving the door wide open for continued coal expansion of existing mines out to 2050 and beyond.