David Shoebridge MLC

Figures obtained by The Greens show that since 1997 private insurers have been paid more than $3.9 billion dollars to just manage workers compensation claims.  These fees have grown more than 5 times faster than both inflation and actual benefits paid to the injured.  This bureaucratic paper shuffling has wasted more than $1.6 billion and [...]

The O’Farrell government has a proposal on the table which will see children as young as twelve able to hunt unsupervised on public land using bows and arrows, hunting dogs and bowie knives. It is being driven by the state-subsidised hunting lobby group called the NSW Game Council. This is yet another example of the [...]

The Greens are working towards law reform  to allow victims of sexual abuse to seek fair compensation from the Catholic Church.  We are working with the community, churches and other stakeholders in relation to this proposed reform.

New ‘anti-bikie’ and criminal consorting laws introduced by the O’Farrell government are unlikely to have any meaningful impact on organised crime, and will instead misdirect police resources from real crimes, like murder and extortion, towards criminalising people who are simply meeting. These represent fundamental attacks on our civil liberties, with the potential to criminalise organisations [...]

Mobile phone towers and their health and amenity impacts continue to trouble many communities.  For this reason this office is launching a revamped community action kit to help people respond to proposed new mobile phone towers in their locality.  The kit tells you your rights, sets out some facts on health impacts and suggests ways [...]