Newcastle Greens

06/06/2026

We’re looking for community-minded businesses or individuals to help us raise $4,000 to bring Carrie’s Coffee to Hunter Homeless Connect Day 2026.

This funding will cover staffing, consumables and operating costs to enable Carrie's Place Domestic Violence and Homelessness Services Inc.'s new social enterprise coffee van to provide free refreshments to guests attending the event.

But this isn’t just about coffee. It’s about supporting meaningful employment pathways, building confidence, creating connection and backing innovative community initiatives that create real impact.

If you or your organisation would like to help make this happen, we’d love to hear from you. 🙏

Please email Chairperson Michelle Faithfull at [email protected] and we can send you the sponsorship prospectus.

06/06/2026

Always behind the NSWNMA

Our union's commitment to improving nursing and midwifery remains unwavering.

06/06/2026

Increasing housing supply alone will not solve the housing crisis yet that appears to be the sole focus of the state government’s new Housing Delivery Authority (HDA).

This planning process removes local planning powers and prioritises announcing numbers of approved dwellings over liveable cities.

10 Dangar Street Wickham is the second development to be assessed under this State Significant Development HDA pathway after the highly controversial proposal at 47 Darby St.

This Wickham site is adjacent to the Newcastle interchange and was previously approved for a 60m tall ‘Bowline apartment’ building before the site was purchased by a new owner.

This location is included in the carefully considered Wickham Masterplan which took community, Councillors and Council staff years to formulate and agree to. This Masterplan allows the height limit to be increased from 45m to 60m only if additional improvements are made to the area by the developer.

The current proposal put forward by Urban Property Group is not clear on exactly what building height they are suggesting.

They are asking for a height re-zoning for 117m, but their designs show a 43 storey building with an RL of 152 which is between 145-150 metres tall.

That’s 250% higher than original height limit of 45m and 150% more than the Wickham Masterplan height of 60m.

To be clear, this is an extreme proposal that is completely ignoring Newcastle’s planning controls.

Under the HDA pathway, if a developer provides 15% affordable housing for 15 years, they are permitted at 30% height uplift. This would allow a height limit of 78m. I support incentives to include affordable housing, but these should be in perpetuity, not temporary.

The proposal makes no mention of Newcastle Council’s Affordable Housing Contribution levy which requires 1% of affordable housing to be provided in perpetuity.

Have your say on this proposal in the NSW Planning Portal for ‘10 Dangar St Wickham mixed use development’ before 9th June.
The link is in my bio too.

06/06/2026

Jesmond/Heaton Park 🤝 Newy Greens. 10+ bags of rubbish collected and some trolleys returned to their rightful place at the shopping center.

Cleanups are in the Greens DNA 🧬. We love our litter-free greens spaces, and we love the feeling of caring for community. A huge thanks to the locals & usual suspects who showed up for Jeso today 💚

Let's keep talking about Jesmond shops. There needs to be more bins and cigarette bins near the bus stop and along the park line near the KFC. The cigarette butt litter around there is mind-blowing 🤯

Our next cleanup will be Federal Park in Wallsend. Stay tuned for the date 📅✊

05/06/2026

Community doesn't find you. You find it. 🌱
It starts with one event, one hour, one "yeah okay, I'll come along." And before you know it, you're planning fun events, pulling rubbish out of mangroves with people you'd now call family, or knocking doors for a cause that actually matters to YOU and YOUR community.

The board game night needs another player. The community cleanups need more hands. The state campaign needs you. 🙌

Come find your people. Event links in bio or message us for the Skill Up events 💚

05/06/2026

GREENS MOTION PASSED! 🙌

The NSW Upper House has passed my motion calling on the NSW Labor government to hurry up and deliver legal reforms for victim-survivors of sexual violence as a matter of priority.

Victim-survivors, experts and frontline workers have long been calling for reform to our legal processes, so that victim-survivors can access justice safely and with dignity, autonomy and confidentiality - including the powerful advocacy of Nina Funnell, Unions NSW and all those behind the Keep Counselling Confidential campaign, which has been signed by over 12,000 people in the space of just two months!

My motion called for:
✅ legislative reform to better protect victim-survivors’ confidential communications
✅ reform to ensure victim-survivors and their legal representatives have better standing to appear in court regarding personal, sensitive or confidential information

No more time for delay - the NSW government must get on with it and deliver these important reforms.

Link in the comments to support the campaign 👇

05/06/2026

Sign the petition in comments

Save Link Road Forest is stepping up its crusade to protect a precious green space on the western fringe of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie.

The community group launched its e-Petition at the weekend, alongside Greens MLC Sue Higginson, calling on the NSW Government, and in particular Environment Minister Penny Sharpe, to put a stop to its proposed rezoning… and declaring it a National Park.

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03/06/2026