NEWS
Koalas Can’t Cope with More Habitat Loss
The back down by the NSW Liberals on the new Koala SEPP Guidelines to demands by the National Party means the future of the Koala in NSW is looking even more bleak, says Cate Faehrmann Greens MP and Chair of the NSW Upper House Inquiry into Koalas.
One Nation, Greens form unlikely alliance to support gambling card
Sydney Morning Herald, October 6 2020
NSW Liberal National Coalition comes to agreement on controversial koalas policy
ABC News Online, 2 October 2020
Greens to Govt: Stand Strong Against Clubs & Pubs Hissy Fit over Gambling Reforms
Greens gambling spokesperson Cate Faehrmann MLC has called on the Minister for Customer Service Victor Dominello to stand firm in the face of a predictable hissy fit by Clubs NSW and the Australian Hotels Association over attempts to make them take more responsibility for the harms caused by poker machines...
What is the Narrabri coal seam gas project
Moree Champion, September 30 2020
Santos vows to push on with Narrabri Gas Project as NSW farmers hit out at IPC approval
Newcastle Herald, September 30 2020
Santos’ Disastrous Pilliga CSG Project Approved but Fight not over Yet
Despite the approval of Santos’ disastrous coal seam gas project in the Pilliga Forest today by the Independent Planning Commission, the public campaign against the project will continue, Greens MP and environment and water spokesperson Cate Faehrmann said.
Report slams water planning in NSW regions
Cowra Guardian, 24 September 2020
Pavey Must Now Restore Water in Lake Menindee and Darling-Baaka River: Greens
The NSW Water Minister Melinda Pavey needs to direct those irrigators in the northern part of the Murray-Darling basin who are holding back massive amounts of water in private storages as a result of the floods in February, to send enough downstream to restore water to Lake Menindee and the...
Water Management (General) Amendment (Exemptions for Floodplain Harvesting) Regulation 2020
On behalf of The Greens I support the motion to disallow the Water Management (General) Amendment (Exemptions for Floodplain Harvesting) Regulation 2020. In 2018 the South Australian royal commission described floodplain harvesting as "one of the most significant threats to water security in the Northern Murray‑Darling Basin to both licence holders...