PARLIAMENT
Drug Laws - Motion
I speak on behalf of The Greens to support the motion as amended. I say from the outset that the extraordinary contribution from the Coalition continues its failed war on drugs and head-in-the-sand approach. It completely ignores the fact that many millions of people in this country take illegal drugs every...
Dam funding - Motion
I oppose the motion moved by the Hon. Sarah Mitchell about building dams. The policy that the Coalition, particularly the National Party, has put forward every single year for 12 years and longer all through the country is to build more dams. But in 2019 the National Party at both...
Aunty Rita Wright - Adjournment Speech
On Saturday night I had the pleasure of emceeing an event in support of the Voice in Western Sydney. The evening was put on by the Kurdish community at its community centre in Kings Park and five Elders from Mt Druitt had been invited to speak. I want to tell...
Electoral Funding Bill Report - Portfolio Committee No. 1 - Premier and Finance
I speak as a participating member of the Portfolio Committee No. 1 - Premier and Finance inquiry into the Electoral Funding Amendment Bill 2023. I participated in the inquiry because The Greens wanted to have a say in it, and also because I am a member of the Joint Standing...
Drug Laws - Question Without Notice
My question is directed to the Minister for Music and the Night-time Economy. In 2019 Deputy State Coroner Harriet Graham had extreme concerns about drug dog operations at music festivals, saying that dogs can precipitate panic ingestion or dangerous preloading, which can in turn increase the risk of serious illness...
Drug Laws - Take Note Debate
I take note of the response by the Hon. John Graham, the Minister for Music and the Night-time Economy, in response to the two tragic deaths that happened as a result of people attending music festivals over the October long weekend. I note with disappointment the response that most action...
Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
A motion moved by the Hon. Jeremy Buckingham was supported by Cate: (1) That this House notes that: (a) Australia became the first jurisdiction in the world to allow psychedelic-assisted therapy following a decision of the Therapeutic Goods Administration [TGA] last year; (b) patients suffering from treatment-resistant depression are showing...
Health Services Amendment (Nurse-to-Patient and Midwife-to-Patient Ratios) Bill speech
Mr President, I proudly rise to introduce the Health Services Amendment (Nurse-to-Patient and Midwife-to-Patient Ratios) Bill 2022. The Greens fully support the NSWNMA and its demands and this bill gives effect to the majority of the NSW Nurses and Midwives 2022 award claim.
Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 Speech
Almost a decade ago, on 23 May 2013 I stood in this place as another bill in support of Voluntary Assisted Dying was voted down 23 votes to 13.
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...