NEWS
Nurses and midwives ask for support, get a kick in the guts by Perrottet Government
Reports that NSW Health is considering "taking action" against the thousands of nurses and midwives that went on strike for better conditions, safe staff to patient ratios and fair pay yesterday is a kick in the guts for the state’s exhausted healthcare workers at a time when they’re crying out...
Koala Endangered Recommendation Must be Wake Up Call to Protect Habitat
News that the National Threatened Species Scientific Committee has recommended that koala populations in NSW, Qld and the ACT be uplifted from ‘vulnerable’ to ‘endangered’ should be a massive wake up call for the NSW Government to stop clearing koala habitat and save them from extinction, says Greens MP and...
Not Just Job Saver Pandemic Pay for Nurses Too
With nurses and paramedics across NSW at breaking point and many resigning in recent weeks, it’s unacceptable that the Government is supporting businesses with Job Saver but not providing financial incentives for exhausted frontline healthcare workers, says Cate Faehrmann, Greens MP and health spokesperson.
Event Saver Old News & Months Too Late
The NSW Government has been too slow to act to save our struggling entertainment industry, with the launch of Create NSW’s ‘Event Saver’ today coming almost three months after the Government announced it, says Cate Faehrmann Greens MP and spokesperson for the Arts, Music and Night-Time Economy.
Greens Launch NurseKeeper Campaign for Nurses and Paramedics
In response to an alarming number of exhausted and burnt out nurses and paramedics in NSW resigning in recent weeks with threats of more to come, the Greens have today written to the Premier to ask him to immediately introduce ‘NurseKeeper’, a campaign launched today calling on the NSW Government...
Decision on Dendrobium Mine damages future jobs and the environment
In a blow to workers and campaigners in the Illawarra calling for investment in a jobs rich renewable energy zone with investment in green steel the NSW Government has instead paved the way for an expansion of the Dendrobium coal mine.
Koala Underpasses Must Be Built Before Development
Today’s commitment by the NSW Government to enact all 31 of the Chief Scientist & Engineer’s recommendations to protect Campbelltown’s Koalas is welcome news for the community and koalas, however underpasses must be built and koala corridors protected before Lendlease starts any development, says Cate Faehrmann Greens MP and spokesperson...
NSW Upper House Calls on Govt to Halt Development Threatening Campbelltown’s Koalas
The Government must act now to protect Campbelltown’s Koalas said Ms Cate Faehrmann after the NSW Legislative Council passed a motion on Wednesday night calling on the Government to halt any further rezoning and development until underpasses are built on Appin Road and ensure that the two continuous east-west Koala...
National Party’s Dud Dams Axed
News that the NSW Government will not proceed with two controversial new dam projects will be a huge relief for downstream communities including First Nations peoples, says Cate Faehrmann, Greens MP and spokesperson for water. The Australian reported today that officials close to the projects stated that Mole River in...
Deputy Premier Rules Out Hawkins & Rumker Coal Areas
The NSW Deputy Premier Paul Tool’s surprise announcement today that he intended to rule out coal and petroleum exploration in the Hawkins & Rumker areas near Rylstone is incredible news for the local community, First Nations peoples, the environment and the climate, says Cate Faehrmann, Greens MP and environment spokesperson.