Tonight Abigail has successfully led calls to implement new proactive measures in NSW Parliament which will see new reporting mechanisms and staff training to prevent sexual harassment and assault. 

NSW Greens MP Abigail Boyd has passed a motion in the NSW Legislative Council calling on NSW Parliament to take proactive measures to ensure it is a safe workplace for all women and is free from sexual assault and harassment. It builds upon the demands of the recent March 4 Justice. 

Greens NSW Women’s Spokespeople Abigail Boyd and Jenny Leong have slammed the NSW Police Minister’s proposal for a Consent App as a thought bubble that makes it clear he isn’t paying attention or listening to survivors or experts.

In light of recent cuts to JobSeeker, Abigail asked the NSW Government what is being done to tackle the increasing rate of poverty in our state. 

Today Abigail stood to speak in support of families impacted by domestic abuse who are not adequately protected by the Family Court. 

Today Abigail voted in support for the criminalisation of the possession and distribution of crush and bestiality videos in New South Wales. That this is not already a criminal offence is a huge oversight in animal cruelty legislation. The motion was successful. 

Following Greens MP Abigail Boyd’s successful call for papers in the Legislative Council, the NSW Government has released documents concerning its funding of the Kirby Institute’s controversial ReINVEST program, a program examining whether a common antidepressant (sertraline) can be used to control impulsive behaviours in domestic violence offenders.

Following a number of controversial property acquisitions for proposed infrastructure by the NSW Liberal-National Government, today the Greens NSW secured a parliamentary inquiry into the process of acquiring land for major transport and infrastructure projects.

NSW Greens MPs Jenny Leong and Abigail Boyd are urgently calling on the Premier to reinstate the Minister for the Prevention of Sexual Assault.

Recognising the ongoing discrimination that sex workers face simply for doing their job, today Abigail secured unanimous support for our motion calling for an end to planning discrimination against sex workers and for local councils to be provided with educational briefings to address the enduring stigma around those in the industry.

Today Abigail moved a motion that would ban predatory school banking programs currently run by the big banks in our public schools.

In light of the news that KORES plans to sell it's majority stake in the Wallarah 2 coal mine, Abigail today stood in parliament to discuss the urgent need to support coal communities as the transition to renewables continues to gather speed.

Last night the NSW Legislative Council passed a Bill, with support from both NSW Labor and the Liberal-National Government, that has left residents unprotected from a large-scale, commercial airport here on the Central Coast.  If it proceeds, the commercial airport will have disastrous consequences for job creation in the Warnervale Employment Zone, the biodiversity of the Porters Creek Wetlands and the amenity and wellbeing of local residents in Jilliby and Warnervale.

After reports online in relation to the NSW Government funding of the ReINVEST trial program to the sum of $6.9 million, Abigail successfully called for the release of grant documents to continue investigating the basis on which funding has been provided. 

Today Abigail called on the Government to keep South-West Sydney's public transport how it is: in public hands. The Government's plan to replace the existing Sydenham to Bankstown T3 line with a privatised Metro Southwest will negatively impact communities in South-West Sydney.