MEDIA RELEASES
Premier Chris Minns must call for calm and walk back from his threats to demolish homes in Lismore
Greens MP spokesperson for the Northern Rivers and Lismore local is demanding Premier Chris Minns to call for calm and walk back from his dangerous threat to demolish homes in North Lismore after vigilante acts of violence and harm on the homeless occupiers of houses in Pine Street in North...
Premier Chris Minns lies and stokes division in my community
Premier Chris Minns has lied on live radio during the Ben Fordham show this morning, making false allegations against Greens MP Sue Higginson and stoking community division in Lismore during an emergency. Greens MP Sue Higginson and member of the Lismore Community said "It is deeply offensive that the...
Locking up children: “Not punitive” according to Premier Chris Minns
NSW Labor Premier Chris Minns has defended his Government’s position that more young people in prison is a positive metric for reducing crime, while also pushing back on Supreme Court Justices that have criticised the “ham-fisted” approach taken by the State Government. In a heated exchange in budget estimates, the...
Revenge politics will drive more crime not deliver justice
The Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research released a report on 18 February that shows the Minns Labor Government’s harsher bail laws, harsher penalties and increased prison time for young people is increasing the number of people on remand without reducing the rate of crime or offending in the community....
Minns defies Law Reform Commission, targets protest with arrests
The NSW Government will introduce new laws to the NSW Parliament this week that will further criminalise peaceful protest and hand significant new powers to the NSW Police that will allow police to issue move on orders and arrest peaceful protestors for simply being near places of worship. Greens MP...
Forestry Corporation caught out changing sustainability report
The NSW Forestry Corporation has been discovered amending three years of sustainability reports, dramatically reducing the reported yield from native forest logging since 2021. The changed data forms part of legally required reports by the State Owned Forestry Corporation and represents a 28% decline in reported yield across NSW. The...
80% of young people refused bail is a poor test for reducing crime
The Minns Labor Government has announced that temporary youth bail law changes will be extended from 12 months to 4 years, with data showing 80% of young people charged with certain offences have been refused bail since March last year. The youth bail law changes were opposed by civil society...
Police chase teenagers into wave of Critical Incidents in Northern NSW
The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission has today declared it is monitoring a second Critical Incident following the police pursuit of multiple minors. Both pursuits, which occurred on 25 January in Casino and 28 January in Gunnedah, involved the police pursuit of stolen vehicles by minors. In Casino, a 13-year-old boy...
Filming an employee's genitals "unprofessional" but not "criminal", NSW Police
A NSW Police sergeant received only a warning and a transfer to another command after filming a colleague's genitals and posting the footage to a group chat in November 2023. A complaint of serious bullying and misconduct was made to the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) who referred the complaint...
12 out of 21 new threatened animal species in 2024 are found in NSW
A new report by the Australian Conservation Foundation, ACF’s “Extinction Wrapped”, has revealed that more than half of the Australian animal species newly threatened with extinction live in NSW. The report also highlights that the total number of new species threatened with extinction has risen by 41 to a total...