Abigail has again used a Private Members’ Statement to call out the ongoing cruelty in the greyhound racing industry, this time focused on the use of government funds to prop up the industry.

In recognition of World Refugee Day, Abigail used her Adjournment Speech to speak passionately in support of refugee rights and to demand the cruelty of the current Australian immigration regime is put to an end.

Very disappointingly, the Government has failed to adopt the funding recommendations in the Safe State plan to end sexual and gendered violence. Today in Question Time, Abigail asked the Minister for Women the obvious question: why not? Unsatisfied with the response, she asked a supplementary question and followed it up in the Take Note Debate.

Commenting on the 2019-20 NSW Budget, Greens spokesperson for Treasury and Finance Abigail Boyd said that it’s like the unveiling of a new Apple product – essentially the same product as last year’s, with new features we didn’t want, none of the old problems fixed; wrapped up with spin and pretty packaging. “What do we expect from a government that calls the people of New South Wales its ‘customers’?

Today the NSW Legislative Council has supported the Greens’ call for the government to release the sales contracts for Vales Point and Eraring power stations. The government has 21 days to table the documents.The sale of Vales Point power station for $1 million in 2015 has been controversial since it was revalued to $730 million in 2017. As part of the $50 million sale of Eraring in 2013, the NSW government agreed to pay Origin $300 million compensation for the right to break a contract guaranteeing the power station coal supplied from the Cobbora mine.

Concerned about the sale of two coal-fired power stations and the ramifications this would have for current and future generations, Abigail successfully demanded that the sales contracts be made publicly available.

Today, Abigail used question time to ask the government to provide an update on reviewing the concept of sexual consent and their plans to amend the relevant laws.

In today’s Question Time, Abigail highlighted community concerns about the issue of accessibility at Tempe Station. (Update: The ramp at Tempe station has been retained!)

With a Bill before Parliament to appoint an Ageing & Disability Commissioner, Abigail successfully moved a number of amendments to strengthen their powers and resources in addition to fighting for long-term disability advocacy funding.

Today in Parliament, Abigail used her first Adjournment Speech to acknowledge the strength, dignity and resilience of those working in one of the world’s oldest professions - sex work - and to call for an end to the stigma faced by sex workers across the country.

Today in Question Time, Abigail asked which of the 49 Safe State recommendations will the Government be adopting. The response? <Crickets>.

Abigail used her first Private Members Statement to call for the toxic greyhound racing industry to be shut down, speaking loudly and clearly over interruptions from members of the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party.

Given the pressing need to increase funding to frontline domestic and family violence services, why has the Government cut Wirringa Baiya’s funding? Abigail slammed the poor answer received in a subsequent Take Note Debate.

Newly elected Greens MP Abigail Boyd will sit on an urgent inquiry into the Government’s bill for a proposed Ageing and Disability Commissioner which was established as a Greens initiative. 

In her inaugural speech, Abigail spoke of her lived experiences, her journey to becoming a Greens MP and of the vision she has for a fairer, just world.