Alcohol part of everyday regional life for young people
"Alcohol advertising works - that's why liquor companies pour millions into convincing people to drink more."
"Until we restrict alcohol advertising we will not be able to significantly reduce the harms that alcohol causes."
Greens health spokesperson Cate Faerhmann MLC.
The Greens are calling on the NSW government to ban alcohol advertising on state property, including public transport, and refuse to allow sporting clubs to display alcohol sponsorship when playing at government-owned sporting fields – Story by Bageshri Savyasachi in the Illawarra Mercury, 6 March 2023.
Candidates questioned on women's agenda at Illawarra forum
On hospitals and health: Greens candidates for Wollongong, Cath Blakey, and Keira, Kit Docker, pledged to implement nurse to patient ratios, including for midwives, as well as a 15 per cent pay rise.
On housing: "Governments at a state and local level could aim higher, citing her push to increase the city's housing targets to see a 30 per cent affordable housing target in new developments."
"Housing should be for people, not for profit."
Cr Cath Blakey, Greens candidate for Wollongong.
Another questioner raised the issue of family law courts and the separation of women and children. All candidates agreed more needed to be done in this area, particularly in including the issue of domestic violence and consent in education – Story by Connor Pearce at the Illawarra Mercury, 2 March 2023.
Illawarra community vents frustration at crippling health system at Greens meeting
"Rising GP fees, long hospital wait-times, shortage of health staff, nursing home bed block and poor quality aged care were some of the hot topics during the 90-minute Greens community health forum at Fairy Meadow Community Centre."
Regional people's healthcare woes ignored: Greens
"I heard horror stories of understaffed regional hospitals leading to completely avoidable accidents and deaths."
"People living in the regions feel like they've been abandoned by this Liberal-National government."
"The Greens' plan will start to repair the faltering regional and rural health system and ensure people living outside of our cities can expect fair and equitable healthcare services."
"Inadequate staffing and pay in our public health system creates a vicious cycle of poor working conditions that lead to even more staff resigning, making it extremely difficult to draw new recruits"
Cate Faehrmann, Greens candidate for the NSW Upper House.
Greens ramp up promises for health workers ahead of election
"The more Greens we have in both houses of parliament, the more opportunity we have to push the next government to go further actually deliver the safe nurse to patient ratios that the nurses union is demanding.
We have an opportunity at the next election to have enough Greens in parliament to make that happen."
Dr Amanda Cohn, Greens candidate for the NSW Upper House.