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Minns’ law change to counter Court ruling on Bowdens mine ‘cruel and will devastate the community’: Greens
The Minns Government is set to overturn a recent decision by the NSW Court of Appeal which stopped Bowdens lead and silver mine from proceeding by introducing a bill into Parliament this week, in a cruel move that will devastate the local community, says Greens MP and mining spokesperson Cate...
Greens to move for Parliamentary Inquiry into PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Water
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.
Minns, Trial Drug Checking for Summer or More People Will Die
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.
Urgent investigation needed into Sydney’s drinking water
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.
Massive win for Mudgee as Court Declares Bowdens Mine Approval VOID
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...
River with 1800 times safe level of PFAS needs urgent testing
Greens MP and water and mining spokesperson Cate Faehrmann says the Government must urgently carry out testing of the Belubula River, make the results public and act to clean up the source, after extensive PFAS contamination has been discovered in the Belubula River near the Cadia Gold Mine.
Opportunity to Reduce Overdose Deaths in NSW Denied as Pill Testing Bill Voted Down
People in NSW will be denied access to potentially life-saving drug-checking services at a time when NSW Health is warning of highly dangerous substances in circulation after the Greens Pill Testing Trial Bill was voted down by Government, Opposition, and a handful of crossbench members in the NSW Upper House...