The Minns Government’s gaming reform package announced today fails the test when it comes to genuine poker machine reform: tackling money laundering and reducing the skyrocketing and increasing rates at which people are losing money to poker machines in NSW, says Greens MP and gambling harm minimisation spokesperson Cate Faehrmann.
The 24 Hour Economy Commissioner, Mike Rodrigues, must step in and throw his and his agency’s resources behind the organisers of Divine Playhouse to find them another venue after they were forced to close as a result of a vicious and coordinated campaign by far-right religious extremists.
The Minister for Music and Night-time Economy John Graham must publicly defend Divine Playhouse, its organisers, staff, artists and patrons from a coordinated campaign of attacks by conservative media commentators and right-wing Christian activists, says Cate Faehrmann Greens MLC and music and arts spokesperson.
NSW Greens MP Cate Faehrmann has condemned the Minns Government's response to the ongoing lead crisis in Broken Hill, after the latest Lead Program Annual Report revealed that more than one-third of young children in the city still have elevated blood lead levels and Aboriginal children continue to bear the...