Today in Parliament, Abigail criticised Labor's erosion of democratic rights through restrictive protest laws, highlighting The Greens' principled stance on accountability, cultural expression, and resistance to authoritarianism.

It's time to abolish subminimum wages - disabled workers deserve equal pay for their work. As Greens spokesperson for disability rights & inclusion, Abigail was one of the first signatories of the open letter to abolish subminimum wage when it first launched back in 2022. Now, two years later the open letter has been signed by thousands of people, organisations and politicians! 

Today in Parliament, Abigail delivered an adjournment debate on the lack of laws protecting workers from intrusive and unreasonable workplace surveillance, causing significant harm and contributing to worker burnout and toxic cultures.

Today in Parliament, Abigail supported a call for papers on hazardous respirable crystalline silica (RCS) levels in tunnelling projects, highlighting serious concerns about SafeWork’s refusal to disclose critical air quality data despite RCS levels exceeding legal limits by up to 20 times.

Today in Parliament, Abigail passed a motion commending the Edmund Rice Centre and Lane Cove Council for hosting a youth panel featuring six youth climate leaders from Kiribati and Tuvalu who shared their experiences of resilience in the face of rising sea levels and called on Australia to stop mining coal and gas.

Today in Parliament, Abigail passed a motion calling on the NSW Government to protect creative spaces, address the cost of living crisis and unaffordable housing, and support the growth of the cultural sector.

Today in Parliament, Abigail contributed to a debate exposing NSW Labor’s grandstanding on infrastructure and services in Western Sydney, emphasising the harsh realities of poverty in the region and the urgent need for new money to uplift the community.

Today in Parliament, the major parties teamed up with to continue pushing their fear-mongering, draconian, anti-protest agenda - this time directed at Rising Tide, the people's blockade. Abigail called out Labor’s hypocrisy and their continued climate wrecking actions. 

Today in Parliament, Abigail grilled the Leader of the NSW Government during Question Time on their lack of transparency around the large number of non-disclosure agreements being executed during consultations with the community and stakeholders.

Today in Parliament, Abigail passed a motion celebrating Our Watch’s primary prevention campaign, "The Line," for promoting healthy, respectful relationships among young people, and urging the NSW Government to support sustainable, expert-led programs to prevent gendered violence.

Today in Parliament, Abigail moved a motion recognising National Survivors' Day, honouring survivors of sexual assault and institutional abuse, advocating for systemic change, and calling on the NSW Government to collaborate with survivors to dismantle barriers to justice and recovery.

15 November 2024 In just one race meeting at Gosford this week, a record 20 greyhounds were injured. There have been at least 228 greyhounds injured on the track in 2024 so far, around 5 per week. 

NSW Parliament has finally passed laws to outlaw unregulated dog breeding! 

Today in Parliament, Abigail gave notice of a motion calling on the NSW Government to properly fund and address the needs of the overburdened Ageing and Disability Commission.

Today in Parliament, the Greens attempted to disallow the Labor government's latest move in the ongoing campaign to deteriorate the right to protest.