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Tobacco Legislation (Closure Orders) Amendment Bill 2025
I contribute to debate on the bill as the spokesperson on drug law reform and harm reduction for The Greens. I say from the outset that the way in which the Federal and State governments are addressing vaping is wanting. However, The Greens understand why the Government feels compelled to...
Report: Select Committee on PFAS Contamination in Waterways and Drinking Water Supplies Throughout NSW
I table report No. 1 of the select committee, entitled PFAS contamination in waterways and drinking water supplies throughout New South Wales, dated September 2025, together with transcripts of evidence, tabled documents, submissions, correspondence and answers to questions taken on notice and supplementary questions.
Critical Minerals and High Tech Metals - Call for Papers
This motion is a call for papers in relation to the mining activities of a number of critical minerals companies. I have moved this call for papers because my office has been working with many communities across New South Wales that have questions about things such as the exploration licences for...
Response to Drug Summit recommendations now urgent after Wastewater Report shows record drug use levels for NSW: Greens
With the latest National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program report showing record drug use levels for New South Wales, including for cocaine, meth and heroin, Greens MP and drug harm reduction spokesperson Cate Faehrmann has called on the government to stop delaying action on reforming drug laws and prioritising harm reduction.
“This Industry is Wrecking Everything Locals Love”: Faehrmann Calls for Urgent Regulation of Blueberry Farms on the Mid North Coast
Greens MP Cate Faehrmann has delivered a scathing speech in the NSW Upper House, calling for urgent intervention by the Minns Government to regulate the intensive blueberry industry across the Mid North Coast, after recently visiting the area and meeting with distressed residents in the Nambucca Valley and surrounding regions.
Minns must act on drug law reform after damning strip search data shows extent of misuse of police powers
The Greens are renewing calls to end the use of drug detection dogs and routine strip searches in NSW following the release of a report today revealing more than 80,000 people were strip searched over a decade from 2014-2023, with drugs being found in just 13.5% of those searched.
Govt Puts Gambling Industry First by forgoing $1 Billion in gambling tax revenue
The state budget handed down today is yet more proof that the Minns Government cares more about the interests of the gambling industry than it does the people of NSW, says Greens MP and gambling harm reduction spokesperson Cate Faehrmann.
Auditor-General Report confirms Government is failing to reduce poker machine harm
A Performance Audit by the NSW Auditor-General released today into the Regulation of Gaming Machines exposes the Minns Government’s ongoing failure to effectively regulate poker machines in order to reduce the substantial harm they cause, says NSW Greens MP and gambling harm reduction spokesperson Cate Faehrmann.
Road Transport Amendment (Medicinal Cannabis-Exemptions from Offences) Bill 2025
As The Greens spokesperson for drug law reform and harm reduction, I am proud to once again introduce a bill into this place that seeks to right an injustice in our road laws that makes criminals out of thousands of people in this State for doing nothing wrong. The Road...
Minns must stop dragging his feet on Warragamba flood mitigation measures
As Hawkesbury residents brace themselves for the threat of yet another flood, Greens MP and water spokesperson Cate Faehrmann has renewed calls for the NSW Government to act on recommendations to use Warragamba Dam as a flood mitigation tool.