NEWS
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.
Greens secure crucial amends to federal vaping reform legislation
The federal government’s vaping reform legislation will pass the Senate after the Greens secured crucial amendments to reduce the harms of vaping through sensible regulation.
PARLIAMENT: World Blood Donor Day
My motion about the importance of blood donations following World Blood Donor Day has just passed the NSW Parliament! Read the text of that motion below.
2024 NSW State Budget barely a start to addressing healthcare crisis
The NSW government in handing down its budget today has acknowledged the scale of the work to be done to rebuild our public healthcare system. The Budget includes a number of measures that are a step in the right direction, but not with the scale or urgency that is needed...
Greens celebrate government moving temporary medical staff recruitment in-house
After more than a year of campaigning by the Greens, the NSW government has announced it will set up an internal medical locum agency to manage the recruitment of locum medical staff.
Premier's apology welcome but must come with action
Statement attributable to Dr Amanda Cohn, Greens spokesperson for LGBTQIA+: