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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...
Government must abandon shark nets after latest shocking data released: Greens
Greens MP and healthy oceans spokesperson Cate Faehrmann is calling on the Government to abandon the use of shark nets in NSW after today’s release of the report into the numbers of animals caught in nets over the last summer shows that more animals were caught than the previous summer,...
Drug Summit welcome but we can’t delay pill testing: Greens
News that Labor has finally announced the dates of its much-promised drug summit is welcome, however, key measures such as pill testing should not be delayed given an increase in dangerous substances being found in readily available illegal drugs, said Greens MP and drug law reform and harm reduction spokesperson...
Just 7.5% of people caught with drugs diverted to health services instead of court under failed new laws: Greens
New data obtained from NSW Police show that the Minns Government’s one area of drug policy reform has failed, with less than one in 10 people caught using or possessing a personal quantity of illegal drugs, being issued with a $400 fine instead of being charged, says Greens MP and...
Billions of dollars to be handed over to the Catholic Church with new Bill: Greens
The Catholic Church is set to earn billions of dollars from a bill before Parliament this week that will hand it control of a significant share of the Crown cemetery sector, and everything they’ve been lobbying both sides of politics for years, says Greens MP Cate Faehrmann.