NEWS
Media Release: Mental health crisis: Greens urge investment in workforce instead of costly temporary fix
Friday 17 January 2025 The NSW Greens are calling on the government to invest in the state’s psychiatry workforce rather than costing the taxpayer a fortune and patients their mental health by opting to fill positions with locum staff.
NSW patients and GPs struggling amid rising costs, report finds
Dr. Amanda Cohn, Greens NSW Spokesperson for Health including Mental Health and a former country GP, has expressed serious concern in response to new data revealing a worsening crisis in GP accessibility in New South Wales.
Greens give notice of bill to increase abortion access
The Greens have this morning given notice of a bill for an Act to amend the Abortion Law Reform Act 2019 to increase access to abortion health care.
The compromised Equality Bill passes
Statement attributable to Dr Amanda Cohn, Greens NSW spokesperson for LGBTQIA+:
STATEMENT: Greens respond to gutting of Equality Bill
This week, the NSW Parliament is set to debate important legislative changes for LGBTQIA+ people after the Minns Labor Government and the Member for Sydney have agreed to cut a whopping 35 pages out of the Equality Legislation Amendment (LGBTQIA+) Bill 2023.
Liberals on council hypocrisy on show
The “Better Council” campaign launched in the Eastern Suburbs and Inner West, supposedly targeting councillors who are overly focused on foreign policy, has apparently missed that in Woollahra Council it has been the Liberals repeatedly forcing debate on the ongoing genocide.
NSW government responds to Mental Health Inquiry
The NSW government will fail to deliver meaningful change in response to the Parliamentary Inquiry into community and outpatient mental health care without significant additional funding.
Big opportunity for local Greens running for council
Local Greens around NSW are today welcoming the finalisation of ballots for upcoming council elections, ready to seize the opportunity of some Liberal candidates failing to enter the race.
STATEMENT: Equality Bill delayed until October
The Minns Labor government has just pushed debate on the Equality Bill back until October.
SPEECH: Infection control is not rocket science
“The Robodebt of medicine” is what Perth-based anaesthetist Dr Andrew Miller and chair of OzSAGE has called our current approach to transmission of airborne infections including COVID.