The organisation Exit International has raised concerns about police “night time raids” on elderly members, including in retirement villages in the Tweed region. Greens MP and Justice spokesperson David Shoebridge said: “It’s hard to imagine something more...
The Liberal National government has shown just how afraid they are of losing the next election pushing new laws through the Parliament at 2:30am in the morning to stifle the voice of Unions NSW, GetUp! and other third parties in upcoming elections. The Electoral...
A young Aboriginal child is up to 56 times more likely to come into contact with the criminal justice system, according to a new report from BOCSAR today evidencing what can only be called a systemically racist criminal justice system. The report shows the age...
On 21 May 2018 the NSW Department of Family and Community Services (FACS) announced Adopt Change as a major recipient of the NSW Carer Tender – indicating a worrying ideological shift to an adoption focused program. Fostering NSW and Connecting carers has now been...
The decision today by NSW courts to find Archbishop Wilson guilty of concealing child sexual abuse is a very real step towards justice, and highlights the urgent need for the church to respond to the recommendations of the Royal Commission Greens MP and Justice...
The Liberal National government’s broken bail reforms has created an 11% increase in bail refusals with vulnerable populations the most adversely affected, according to a new report released today. This equates to 1,500 additional people held in jail with bail refused...
The Liberal National government will be forced to release a secret report into the child protection system after losing yet another vote in the NSW Upper House. The Tune review into child protection must be released within four calendar days and is understood to have...
The Greens Animals in the Wild photo competition and exhibition has returned for its 5th year to encourage people to shoot with a camera, not with a gun. The competition runs annually as a positive counter to the Sporting Shooters Association’s arms fair ‘Huntfest’...
It has been 27 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. The number of Aboriginal deaths in custody has increased and Aboriginal people are the most incarcerated people in the world. People from across the community will join in with First...
The NSW Upper House yesterday passed Greens amendments to the Modern Slavery Bill that will be the first steps to addressing the exploitative global organ trade. In an Australian first the NSW upper house has passed a bill that would require government agencies and...
Aboriginal justice and Armidale Council’s attempted media gag are on the agenda for Greens MP David Shoebridge’s trip to New England next week. David has been working closely with the families of Mark Haines and Stephen Smith, two young Aboriginal men who died in the...
The Liberal National government has directly overseen a 75% increase in the number of Aboriginal people refused bail, with calls today for all Aboriginal prisoners held on remand for non-violent offenders to be immediately released. Whether it’s broken bail laws,...
