Aboriginal Heritage – 100% destruction rate from NSW government
With Aboriginal heritage under assault across the State the Greens are renewing the call for standalone Aboriginal heritage laws in NSW that treat Aboriginal heritage with the respect it deserves as a...
View ArticleCouncil and State fail, so the community must stand up to protect...
With Parramatta Council bowing to pressure from the State government to vote down a motion to protect the iconic Parramatta Heritage Precinct the Greens are committed to working with the community to...
View ArticlePriceless Aboriginal Heritage faces destruction from light rail excavation
An immediate stop work order is needed to protect a priceless Aboriginal heritage site from destruction for the South East Light Rail project. The Aboriginal heritage site in Randwick, adjacent to the...
View ArticleParliament calls for the repatriation of the Gweagal shield
The return of key Aboriginal artefacts from the point of first contact between Captain Cook and the First Peoples of Australia was supported by NSW Parliament today after a motion calling for the...
View ArticleSelect Committee on the CBD and South East Light Rail Project [Debate]
This speech was delivered on 22.09.2016 in the NSW Upper House. You can read the full debate online here. I strongly support the motion moved by my colleague Dr Mehreen Faruqi to establish a select...
View ArticleSave Bondi Pavilion
Bondi Pavilion is an iconic arts, community and cultural facility serving the community of Bondi and Sydney. Bondi Pavilion’s facilities include the Bondi Theatre, exhibition spaces, meeting rooms and...
View ArticleMedia Release: 1820’s heritage find must cause stop work at Windsor Bridge
A fresh colonial heritage find by workers excavating at the Windsor Bridge project at Thompsons Square must lead to an immediate stop work to protect the state’s priceless heritage. Contractors working...
View ArticleMedia Release: Powerhouse move is an act of cultural vandalism
Spending $1.5 billion to relocate the Powerhouse Museum would be an act of cultural vandalism, says the Parliamentary Inquiry into Museums and Galleries. An interim report handed down today has called...
View ArticleMedia Release: Greens force government to release business case for selling...
The Liberal National government will be forced to release the business case for its plan to blow up the Powerhouse and move it to Parramatta after being embarrassed in Parliament this morning. A motion...
View ArticleProposed development of National Park at Gap Bluff, Watson’s Bay
Submissions to the proposed development at Gap Bluff are being accepted until Friday 14 September 2018. Write a submission to comments.gapbluffref@environment.nsw.gov.au saying that you’re not ok with...
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