Statistics provided to Greens MP David Shoebridge by NSW Police show that an expansion of the roadside drug testing program has resulted in a substantial reduction of positive results and may be changing the drug use patterns of drivers across the state. Answers...
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 NSW Liberals have once again failed ordinary home owners, pulling the Design and Building Practitioners Bill from the Parliament because they did not want to accept essential amendments. By pulling the Bill the NSW Government is now offering precisely nothing to...
The NSW Police Commissioner has today admitted in an interview with The Daily Telegraph that strip searches are designed to create fear of the police force. The Commissioner went on to say, in defence of the wide-spread practice, that “people need to understand there...
Today’s Coroners Court findings make it clear the aggressive ongoing police war against young people and the music industry is damaging and unwinnable. A key finding was that drug detection dogs don’t work to limit supply of illegal drugs but likely do encourage risky...
A report released today by the Law Enforcement Misconduct Commission has found NSW Police made over 700 incorrect decisions about the administration of the NSW Child Protection Register. These errors include failing to put 96 convicted offenders on the register,...
The latest TAFE procurement tender will see essential curriculum planning for vocational education being outsourced. This is the outcome of years of Liberal Government cuts to vocational education which are resulting in key skills being lost, and core functions being...
Information received by the Greens, following a threat to censure the Education Minister, shows that public schools across NSW have $1.3 billion in unspent money. Averaged across the states 2,200 public schools this equates to almost $600,000 unspent for every school....
The NSW police’s drug dog program resulted in only 59 successful supply prosecutions over a 12 month period. After months of lobbying by the Greens NSW the government was forced to hand over data showing the thousands of stip searches carried out across the state are...
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...
The initiatives announced today by the State government fail to respond to the dramatic nature of the problem of workers dying from silicosis caused by the dust created from cutting manufactured stone. The Government’s proposed changes include reducing the recommended...
The Local Government NSW annual conference representing 127 councils across NSW yesterday passed a motion declaring a climate emergency, reflecting the role of councils across NSW in responding to climate change, and supporting their residents in this challenge. The...
