19 May 2020 Analysis by the Greens of the $250 million “Stronger Communities Fund” shows the fund that was designed to help councils impacted by the Coalition’s disastrous amalgamations policy was overwhelmingly spent on councils in Coalition held electorates...
Fresh correspondence from the Planning Minister Rob Stokes to Greens MP David Shoebridge shows the Minister and Department are aware of the imminent clearing for development in Manyana and sending state compliance officers onsite tomorrow to review the proposed...
20 April 2020 The NSW Government is handing Forestry Corporation $46 million from its $100 million regional grant scheme and there are fears it will lead to a surge in native forest logging. While some of this expenditure is being spent on repairing and expanding...
Serious questions remain about how the new NSW Public Health Order issued late last night will be applied, delivered and enforced according to Greens MPs David Shoebridge and Cate Faehrmann, spokespeople for Justice and Health respectively. Penalties for breaches of...
Media release: Extraordinary new justice measures show need for continued Parliamentary oversight during pandemic The significant measures proposed by the Government in their emergency measures laws to respond to the COVID-19 crisis highlight the need to have...
Media Release: Parents and teachers need a plan for school closures and supervision The NSW Government must immediately develop options for retaining minimal supervision at NSW schools if a decision is made to close schools to deal with covid-19. The current...
26 February 2020 Media Release The Greens NSW are introducing legislation to ensure the $52 million donated to the Rural Fires Trust during the catastrophic fire season can be used for the purposes that the generous donors intended, and not just to offset government...
Media release: TAFE HECS plans raise prospect of increased fees 25 February 2020 The NSW Government proposal to introduce the HECS system for TAFE students raises the very real prospect of significant fee increases, and the risk of high level debt for students doing...
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...
The video shared on the Sniff Off Facebook page appears to show police forcing a drug dog to sit and indicate a person for drugs. The video was taken at Sydney Showground on Sunday evening during the Epik Music festival. Founder of Sniff Off and Greens MP David...
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...
TLDR: Core funding needs to be set outside of politics at a level that reflects operational requirements and is not subject to Government-imposed efficiency dividends or other cost-saving measures Independent Commission Against Corruption Current model threatens ICAC...
