FIRE RECOVERY PAYMENTS: TIMELY, EFFECTIVE AND NECESSARY SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITIES The Greens are calling for an immediate state government commitment to provide every household that has been destroyed by fire with a non-means-tested one-off $10,000 Fire Recovery...
Media Release: Priorities all wrong as NSW Coalition delivers thousands more police but hundreds fewer fire paid fighters Analysis by the Greens NSW shows in the nine years since the Coalition was elected in NSW the number of paid professional firefighters has fallen...
Submissions received into the parliamentary inquiry into funding for independent oversight bodies have all highlighted the secret and unfair funding allocation process. Each agency is facing crippling budget cuts and staff losses. Submissions have been received from...
The findings of the Coronial Inquest into the death of Dunghutti man David Dungay has today recommended no charges or sanctions for the prison officers involved in his death in Long Bay Jail in 2015. It refused to even consider if charges were appropriate. David was...
The Greens NSW have been instrumental into securing amendments to the Government’s fines amendments bill which for the first time recognise that fines aren’t fair unless they are adjusted to the income of the person being fined. The amendment specifies that a fine...
A report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare today has revealed that there is significant overlap between youth who have been under the care of Child Services and Juvenile justice. The report shows that half of children who had been supervised...
Today the New South Wales Upper House voted to require the ICAC to undertake a full investigation of Sports Minister John Sidoti’s property dealings and the rules in place to ensure there is no future conflict between the private interests and public duties of all...
Almost 100 private companies and public agencies have been given privileged access to NSW Police criminal records on a cash-for-access scheme. The Greens have secured the release of the list of organizations in NSW authorized by the NSW Police to undertake criminal...
The NSW Parliamentary Committee investigating the legal obstacles in the Bowraville Murders has today presented a report referring a new model to reform Double Jeopardy laws to the Attorney General. The model, proposed by Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education...
A comprehensive report from the University of NSW today has recommended significant reform to the use of police strip searches including clear laws to guide police, and strong protections for young people and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People. The UNSW Law...
Today’s threats from the Coalition Government against protesters are now the third time the Liberal National Government have sought to target protesters, in an increasingly desperate attempt to avoid scrutiny and to protect big corporations from scrutiny. Greens MP...
At 9am on 29 January St Mary’s Cathedral will have Most Rev Bishop Anthony (Tony) Randazzo hosting the “Red Mass” – an event attended by senior members of the NSW Court where they are lectured by the Bishop about their responsibilities. Randazzo is Bishop Anthony...
