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'Energy Vampires' - the AI data centres draining Australia
27 May 2026 Today in Parliament, Abigail spoke about Greenpeace's new report on data centres that are draining our country and wrecking our climate.
The federal Labor government is starting NDIS cuts from 1 July. What will the Minns Labor government do to ensure people with disability in NSW don't fall through the gaps?
Today in Parliament, Abigail condemned the federal Labor government's sweeping NDIS cuts and called on the NSW Labor government to fight them. With reductions to social and community participation funding starting as early as 1 July 2026 and replacement services not ready, people with disability will fall through the gaps unless governments act now.
When will the NSW Government introduce legislation to enable pre-recorded evidence options for victim-survivors of sexual violence seeking justice through the courts?
Six months ago the Upper House passed Abigail's motion calling on the NSW Government to introduce legislation to allow victim-survivors of sexual assault to prerecord their evidence. Today in Question Time, she pressed the Treasurer for a timeline on when this will be delivered.
Victim-survivors private counselling notes should not be allowed to be weaponised by their perpetrators
Today in Parliament, Abigail passed a motion urging the NSW Attorney General to legislate to protect sexual violence victim-survivors' confidential records from being subpoenaed and to ensure they have legal standing to protect their own information in court.
May is Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month
Today in Parliament, Abigail passed a motion in solidarity with every person who has been impacted by domestic and family violence and called on the NSW Government to commit to properly funding the frontline services that victim-survivors depend on.
Keeping employees in limbo not knowing whether they have a job is not just bad management, it is a psychological hazard
Today in Parliament, Abigail passed a motion calling out WiseTech for leaving its workers in a state of anxiety and uncertainty amid AI-related job cuts.
The Hunter Domestic and Family Violence Consortium launch their Tech-Facilitated Abuse Project
Today in Parliament, Abigail gave notice of a motion commending the Hunter Domestic and Family Violence Consortium for the launch of their new project and their ongoing advocacy and work providing specialist, daily care to victim-survivors of domestic and family violence.
GUARDIAN: Predators able to abuse children due to systemic weaknesses in NSW childcare, inquiry finds
20 May 2026 Greens MLC Abigail Boyd – who chaired inquiry – says system ‘failing too many children, families and educators’
GREEN LEFT: AI data centres drive fossil fuel emissions, higher power bills
12 May 2026 The rapid deployment of new data centres to power artificial intelligence (AI) systems, such as chatbots and generative AI, has enormous and possibly damaging implications for energy systems and the climate.
Your Reference Ain’t Relevant campaign win! NSW upper house passes historic laws to abolish good character references from sexual assault cases
7 May 2026 Tonight, something historic happened - we passed a bill through the upper house that seeks to reduce the trauma our legal system causes to victim-survivors of sexual assault. This is the result of the incredible Your Reference Ain’t Relevant campaign, a campaign spearheaded by Harrison James and Jarad Grice to remove the use of so-called good character references to reduce the sentence of convicted sex offenders.
Labor's latest NDIS cuts are cruel & indefensible
7 May 2026 Today in Parliament, Abigail read out a motion calling out federal Labor's cruel NDIS cuts, and calling on the NSW Labor government to do everything in its power to ensure there are suitable, affordable, available and accessible services that meet the needs of all people with disability in our state.
It's not too late to give No Meat May a go!
Today in Parliament, Abigail gave notice of a motion in support of the annual No Meat May challenge which inspires a healthier, kinder, more sustainable and just future for people, animals and the planet.
Why won't the NSW Labor Government give a straight answer?
The Minns Labor Government has spent months stonewalling questions about a NSW Food Authority's illegal slaughter investigation. Today in Parliament, Abigail passed a motion to force the release of government documents and finally deliver the transparency this issue demands.
The Greens call for May Day to be an official public holiday in NSW
Today in Parliament, Abigail gave notice of a motion celebrating May Day, also known as International Workers' Day.
The NSW Government is hiding behind a plan to have a plan while a data centre boom threatens our water and energy future
Today in Parliament, Abigail challenged the NSW Government in Question Time and a Take Note debate over its refusal to submit evidence to or appear before the parliamentary inquiry into data centres that she is Chairing, despite earlier commitments to participate, leaving the committee without critical government data on how the rapid expansion of nearly 100 data centres across NSW will impact water supply, energy use and climate targets.