New portfolio allocations for Greens NSW MPs!

Abigail is proud to announce the Greens NSW MPs' new portfolio allocations as we say goodbye to David Shoebridge and hello to Sue Higginson!

Yesterday, fellow Greens NSW MP David Shoebridge resigned from the Upper House to contest the federal election. We wish him all the very best as he takes on federal politics, and we are hopeful that he will secure a senate seat.

We are also pleased to announce that Greens NSW MP Sue Higginson will be joining Abigail and Cate in the Upper House as of May 2022.

With these exciting changes, the Greens NSW MPs have re-shuffled the portfolio allocations.

*NOTE: All Greens MPs have been allocated the climate change portfolio due to its importance and in recognition that tackling the climate crisis requires a whole-of-government response.

Most notable in the re-shuffle is that Abigail's previous portfolio "Mining, Coal & Gas" has been replaced with "Energy & Just Transitions". This means that Abigail will continue her work in the energy space, and also take on new work in the just transition space. Abigail has also gained the portfolio "Attorney General", and her previous portfolio of "Young People" has been replaced with "Children & Young People" to include further issues such as child protection.

Abigail's new portfolios:

● Climate Change
● Treasury, Finance & Economy
● Domestic Violence & Abuse
● Transport & Infrastructure
● Disability
● Animal Welfare
● Children & Young People
● Attorney General
● Energy & Just Transitions
● Women’s Equity & Economic Justice
● Sex Work
● Older People
● Hunter, Central Coast & Newcastle

Abigail's updated contact details:

02 9230 3676 | [email protected]
Media: 0416 130 969

TAX SUPERPROFITS TO PAY WORKERS MORE

NSW is missing out on tens of billions of dollars. By introducing a progressive coal royalty structure similar to the one in Queensland, we would have raised an extra $20 billion last year.

The NSW Government owns and controls, on behalf of the people of this state, the rights to the minerals and materials that naturally occur in NSW land.

Huge fossil fuel companies are only able to extract and sell these commodities with the consent of the State. It’s time they paid a fair price for that privilege.

The fossil fuel industry has made hundreds of billions of dollars out of their cosy relationship with governments. Granted permission to extract and sell coal, these large multinational fossil fuel corporations pay just over 7% in royalties back to the people of NSW – keeping the rest as mega-profits for themselves. These companies have a track record of taking more than their fair share and leaving communities suffering and stranded with poisoned groundwater, devastated landscapes and a stranded workforce when it suits their business models.

Globally, the hyper-inflation of fossil fuel prices driven by price-gouging opportunism and war profiteering from Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has delivered record windfall profits to these already obscenely wealthy corporations. In the last year, NSW coal exports totaled over $70 billion dollars, but the people of NSW will only see about 7 cents in every dollar, or about $6 billion dollars of that amount.

Rather than going toward schools, hospitals and public infrastructure, billions of dollars went into the pockets of multinational mining corporations. The Greens believe there should be more money for schools and hospitals and less for mining billionaires.

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