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...
Of the 6500 workers in the manufactured stone industry tested for silicosis in NSW almost half go undetected when using outdated technology such as X-rays. The use of X-rays fails to detect silicosis 40% of cases. With the help of iCare, the New South Wales government...
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...
The Greens NSW condemn the heavy-handed police response to Sydney’s Extinction Rebellion protests on Monday and again today in court. Following reports of police manhandling elderly protests, we have now learned that at least one young activist was held overnight in a...
Amidst an epidemic of illegal land clearing, criminal animal cruelty and concern about mining operations, the NSW Government have stepped in with “Right to Farm” laws to protect corporate agribusiness from protest and scrutiny. Those affected by these laws will likely...
Information obtained by the Greens through Budget Estimates has exposed the NSW Police Force doing “policing by numbers” with the use of powers to undertake invasive personal and strip searches being subject to KPIs and targets. These “discretionary” police powers are...
