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Youth spaces mapping will only have impact if followed by funding: Greens
The Greens welcome today’s announcement that Youth Action will lead the first statewide mapping of youth spaces across NSW, but say the NSW Government must fund the gaps it finds.
Inquiry report highlights failure of ongoing public-private partnerships at NSW Health services
An explosive and damning Parliamentary inquiry has unanimously recommended the Calvary Mater Hospital in Newcastle be brought into public hands, like the Northern Beaches Hospital, and for all other existing NSW Health public-private partnerships to be scrutinised to protect patient and staff safety.
NSW Government quietly releases high-anticipated Sackar review
The Minns Labor government has finally released the review it commissioned into criminal law protections against the incitement of hatred, without meaningful action on most of its recommendations.
Greens win fight to protect public land from for-profit development in Newcastle and Wollongong
Public land, including the hockey fields at Broadmeadow in Newcastle and the waterfront training oval next to WIN Stadium in Wollongong, will be off-limits to property developers thanks to successful Greens amendments to a Labor government bill.
Albury Hospital missing out from a budget that promises ‘better services for regional NSW’
NSW Greens spokesperson for Health Dr Amanda Cohn has slammed the Minns Labor Government’s unequal treatment of hospital infrastructure projects in today’s NSW budget.
Western Sydney demands action on mental health
Join people with lived experience, psychiatrists and NSW Greens spokesperson for Mental Health Dr Amanda Cohn at Blacktown Library for a community roundtable on mental health.
Attack on abortion rights will harm regional women the most
Healthcare advocates and medical professionals are urging politicians to vote against changes to abortion laws that would reduce abortion access.
Greens successfully undo failed council meeting rules
The NSW Legislative Council today voted in support of disallowing the model code of meeting practice for local councils in NSW. The code, introduced in August 2025, received a backlash from councillors and communities who say it restricts access and excludes participants from council meetings.
Three more NSW hospitals flailing under a public-private partnership, Inquiry hears
Staff at Bathurst, Orange and Bloomfield hospitals told an inquiry today about the failures of their profit-driven management model, including a staff member being repeatedly threatened with sexual assault by a patient and kept on the same ward by her supervisor until she quit, and medical and other inappropriately trained...
NSW Government ignores parliamentary order to release Sackar review
The Minns Labor government has failed to produce its highly anticipated review into criminal law hate speech protections for vulnerable communities, despite the Greens successful motion ordering its release in the NSW Legislative Council two weeks ago.