The Minns Government has knocked any hope of gambling reform on the head in today’s state budget with tax concessions to clubs with poker machines totalling $1.252 billion, while revenue from taxes on poker machine losses having to be revised upward by a whopping $638.2 million over the forward estimates.
Greens MP and gambling harm reduction spokesperson Cate Faehrmann has accused Chris Minns of being so close to the gambling industry that he is blind to the growing social and economic costs of New South Wales’ pokies addiction, with the quarterly gambling data showing a record $2.37 billion lost in...
NSW Premier Chris Minns’ yesterday attack on a modest proposal to support small music festivals pits communities against each other in a divisive, dog-whistle statement that should alarm anyone who cares about live music in this state, says Greens MP and music and night-time economy spokesperson, Cate Faehrmann.
I speak in support of the Water Management Amendment (Easements for Inundation) Bill 2025, as The Greens water portfolio holder. The bill was originally introduced to remove a clear policy barrier to restoring the health of rivers and flood plains across the Murray-Darling Basin. It was brought forward in the...