NEWS
Greens urge Minns to stand up to gambling industry’s predictable outrage over proposed new gaming reforms
The Greens are calling on the Minns Government to ignore the pushback from the gambling industry and commit to a mandatory statewide accounts-based system linked to a person’s identity, which is the key recommendation from the Independent Panel on Gaming Reform’s Roadmap released today.
Decriminalisation, pill testing, drug driving laws must be top of agenda for drug summit
Greens MP and drug law reform and harm reduction spokesperson Cate Faehrmann will attend the Lismore hearing of the drug summit today. Cate will be pushing for key drug law reform measures as well as investment that reflects the needs of regional New South Wales, including for specialist drug treatment...
Proposed changes to drinking water guidelines for PFAS not low enough: Greens
The NSW Government should be strongly advocating for Australia’s drinking water guidelines to reflect global best practice after draft new guidelines released today still have Australia lagging behind the US on acceptable levels for some ‘forever chemicals’ says Cate Faehrmann, Greens NSW MP and chair of the newly established Upper...
Update: Bowdens court decision safe but planning laws further weakened
The Environment Planning and Assessment (State Significant Development) Bill 2024 that was tabled last night in the NSW Upper House will not invalidate the Court of Appeal ruling on the Bowdens lead and silver mine.
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...
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...