Expanding Berrima prison by 500 beds and making it women only is an admission of failure from a Liberal National government addicted to a law and order auction. The women in our prisons are overwhelmingly victims of abuse, crippled by financial distress and often...
Documents obtained by the Greens through Freedom of Information show a disturbing lack of accountability in decision making about gun laws, and how agencies are still attempting to hide their decision making from public scrutiny. The subject of the application was...
Reports today have indicated that the father who shot and killed his two teenage children on Thursday had just this year obtained two registered firearms which were used in the shooting. Greens MP and Firearms Spokesperson David Shoebridge said: “This is a deep...
The NSW Supreme Court has today sentenced Archbishop Philip Wilson for his role in concealing child sexual abuse within the Church. The 12 month sentence that may be served at home does not fairly reflect the damage his failure to respond to child sexual abuse caused...
The Liberal National government must put community safety before the political demands of the gun lobby and ban two rapid-fire guns that have an “unequalled rate of fire.” The rapid-fire Verney Carron Speedline Rifle has snuck through importation as a readily...
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...
