New figures showing NSW residents lost a record $4.75 billion on poker machines in just six months are more proof that the Minns Government has gone soft on tackling gambling harm, says Greens MP and gambling harm reduction spokesperson Cate Faehrmann.

Cate Faehrmann MLC says the NSW government has knocked any hope of gambling reform on the head in yesterday’s state budget, with tax concessions to clubs with poker machines totalling $1.252 billion, while revenue from taxes on poker machine losses have been revised upward by a whopping $638.2 million over the forward estimates.

The NSW Greens say they’re ready to help fix unfair state laws punishing medicinal cannabis patients.

The state budget handed down yesterday is proof that the Minns government cares more about the interests of the gambling industry than it does the people of NSW, according to Greens MP and gambling harm reduction spokesperson, MLC Cate Faehrmann.

Greens MP and drug law reform and harm reduction spokesperson Cate Faehrmann says she will attend the Lismore hearing of the drug summit today. 

The NSW Greens will move for an urgent upper house inquiry this week after more revelations that cancer-linked forever chemicals have been detected in Sydney’s drinking water catchment – this time well above Australian drinking water guidelines.

At the same time that NSW Health is warning of highly dangerous substances in circulation, the Greens say people across the state will be denied access to potentially life-saving drug-checking services, after their Pill Testing Trial Bill was voted down by government, opposition, and a handful of crossbench members in the NSW Upper House yesterday.

NSW Greens MP and healthy oceans spokesperson Cate Faehrmann is calling on the Minns government to abandon the use of shark nets in NSW after yesterday’s release of a shocking report into the numbers of animals caught in nets over the last summer.

The Greens have accused the NSW government of deliberately sabotaging an Upper House Inquiry into the impacts of heavy metal mining projects, including Cadia’s controversial gold mine, resulting in a report with findings and recommendations that contradicts the weight of evidence heard throughout the inquiry.

The additional flooding risk to existing housing and infrastructure caused by new development on floodplains is a serious issue for communities throughout NSW, in particular, legacy or ‘zombie’ approvals.