MEDIA RELEASES
Gun reforms made stronger with Greens amendments, draconian anti-protest laws to be challenged in Court
The Terrorism and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 has passed the NSW Upper House in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Only one amendment was supported, a Greens amendment precluding the Commissioner from permitting any firearm permit to a person who has ever been investigated: for terrorism offences for association...
Government announces forward steps on gun reform and backward steps on protest
The Minns Labor Government has announced details on proposed reforms to curb gun violence and to prohibit peaceful assemblies in NSW. Sue Higginson, NSW Greens MP and Spokesperson for Justice, said: “Along with so many right now, I welcome with relief the Government’s announcement on nation-leading limits on gun ownership...
Crackdowns on civil liberties are a step in the wrong direction
The NSW Greens have grave concerns about proposed new laws to allow police to refuse all peaceful assemblies during undefined periods of terrorism designations. Greens MP and Spokesperson for Justice Sue Higginson said, “In the aftermath of the horrific antisemitic Bondi Beach mass shooting, Australians have been called upon to...
Greens back Gun Safety Alliance Plan in NSW Parliament
The NSW Parliament will be recalled on Monday 22 December in the afternoon and Tuesday 23 December, the only items of business will be a condolence motion and legislation arising from the Bondi incident. It is understood this includes stronger gun laws that will set the pace for national reform...
Time for new gun laws to limit gun numbers and keep Australians safe
As the nation reels from the horror of the mass shooting at Bondi Beach, parliaments state and federal must act to stop high powered firearms proliferating in our suburbs and towns.Decisive national action delivered world leading gun control after the Port Arthur Tragedy, but in the decades since gun numbers...
NSW Net Zero Commission report finds new coal will be contrary to law
A landmark new report from NSW’s independent Net Zero Commission “Coal Mining Emissions Spotlight Report” has found “Continued extensions or expansions to coal mining in NSW are not consistent with the emissions reduction targets in the Climate Change Act or the Paris Agreement temperature goals it gives effect to.” The...
Police must not reject Coroner’s calls to save lives by curbing high-speed chases as 21-year-old woman critically injured
Labor Police Minister Yasmin Catley and Premier Chris Minns are under pressure to intervene as the NSW Police shun recommendations from the Deputy Coroner of NSW to reduce the number of dangerous high-speed police pursuits, which have risen sharply in recent years. Police have just declared a critical incident after...
ODDP failures prove reform essential to protect identities of First Nations kids
A parliamentary inquiry is hearing evidence today concerning the unauthorised disclosure by the Office of Director of Public Prosecutors of identifying information of a First Nations young person to 2GB. Legal peak bodies and experts are calling for urgent reform to strengthen identity protections for children and young people in...
$32 million lost by the Forestry Corporation in Public Native Forest Logging
The NSW Forestry Corporation has lost a further $32 million of public money through their logging of public native forests. The Forestry Corporation’s 2024-25 Annual Report was tabled in the NSW Parliament and reveals that the NSW community has had to pay $76 million to the Forestry Corporation over the...
Destruction of nature for transmission infrastructure proves biodiversity offsets are nature negative
Labor Premier Chris Minns and Environment Minister Penny Sharpe are facing criticism from multiple sides of politics over their handling of the Central West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) following revelations that scores of native vegetation had been cleared to make way for a renewable energy project. An estimated 670...