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No amendments, no support: Greens move to block NSW climate laws

17 November, 2023 - The NSW Greens will be voting against the Government’s proposed climate laws unless amendments are agreed to that set more ambitious emissio...

Crossbench calls for Labor to go further on climate change legislation

16 November, 2023 - Crossbench members from both Houses of NSW Parliament are working together to improve the Government’s signature Climate Change Net Zero Fut...

Forestry Corporation ordered to stop work at Flat Rock State Forest

14 November, 2023 - The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has today issued a stop work order to NSW Forestry Corporation after it again failed to conduct a...

Cost of protest could be lowered if Minns joined the calls for a ceasefire

13 November, 2023 - NSW Premier Chris Minns has responded to peace protests that were carried out in Sydney over the weekend for the fifth consecutive week, ind...

Citizen scientists uncover another Forestry Corporation fail

13 November, 2023 - Native forest logging has been brought to a halt in the Flat Rock State Forest on the South Coast after forest defenders intervened to stop ...

Click Bait Bites Back - Correctional Centre Chaos as Inmate Crimes Revealed through access to Daily Telegraph

9 November, 2023 - Budget Estimates hearings have yesterday revealed that for a two-week period inmates in NSW prisons were provided access to the Daily Telegra...

Latest sniffer dogs data more proof the program must be scrapped

9 November, 2023 - NSW Greens MP and drug law reform spokesperson Cate Faehrmann has renewed calls to scrap the expensive drug detection dog program after uncov...

Kathleen Folbigg Inquiry Final Report Handed Down

8 November, 2023 - The final report from the Inquiry into the Convictions of Kathleen Folbigg has today been handed down, almost six months after she was pardon...

Correction centres returning to public hands a welcome step towards rehabilitative justice

3 November, 2023 - The Government will reverse the privatisation of NSW correctional facilities in a positive signal that the for-profit model of prisons is not...

Great Koala National Park Advisory Panels established but logging continues

3 November, 2023 - Community, Industry and Aboriginal Advisory groups for the Great Koala National Park have taken more than 223 days to establish after the NSW...

Cost of keeping young people in prison nears $1 million per child per year

31 October, 2023 - The Department of Communities and Justice have today revealed in NSW Budget Estimate hearings that the per day cost of keeping a person under...

Suspect Target Management Plan used on young people was agency maladministration - Greens call for redress

30 October, 2023 - The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) has released its final report into the use of the NSW Police Force Suspect Targeting Management...

Aerial shooting of horses in Kosciuszko: Necessary control actions set to recommence

27 October, 2023 - Aerial shooting of horses in the Kosciuszko National Park is set to recommence following an announcement from the NSW Environment Minister th...

Premier doesn't know current net-zero carbon targets

25 October, 2023 - The Premier has today in Budget Estimates indicated that he isn’t aware of any existing net-zero targets in NSW despite the Energy and Utilit...

NSW Police acting to support peaceful demonstration

20 October, 2023 - The NSW Police have today announced that they will be working with organisers of a pro-Palestinian protest this weekend to ensure that the ga...