NSW Election 2023: Greens list demands for Labor

The NSW Greens have listed their seven demands Labor will have to do to win support from the minor party, adamant they “won’t settle for half measures”.

The NSW Greens have shared their seven demands to the winner of the state election, with minor parties and cross benchers likely to hold the balance of power if the Coalition and Labor fail to win a majority of government.

The Greens currently hold three seats in the Legislative Assembly in the seats of Balmain, Newtown and Ballina, and hold three seats in the Legislative Council. They are aiming to increase their representation in both houses to seven.

The NSW Greens launched their campaign two weeks before the state election. Picture: NCA NewsWire/ Jeremy Piper

Speaking at the party’s official launch on Saturday, Greens upper house MP Cate Faehrmann said for Labor to win support from the minor party, they will call on the party to ensure no new coal or gas projects are created, ban unfair evictions and control rents.

They are also demanding they start a community-led Truth and Treaty process, repeal the anti-protest laws, scrap the public sector wage cap, end logging on public native forests and introduce a mandatory cashless gambling card.

The NSW Greens called on Labor to commit to a Truth and Treaty process and repeal anti-protest laws, if they intend to court the party’s support. Picture: NCA NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard

Ms Faehrmann was especially critical of Labor’s poker machine policy, which focuses on a cashless technology trial on 500 machines – less than 0.1 per cent of the state’s total.

“Just to be clear, we won‘t settle for half measures, and we won’t be fooled by a trial that has been set up to fail,” she said.

Ms Faehrmann also cautioned that Greens support for Labor wouldn’t be automatic. As it stands, both the NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet and Opposition Leader Chris Minns have said they will not do any deals with the NSW Greens in exchange for support prior to the election.

“That doesn‘t mean that Labor can take us for granted either,” she said.

“All indications are that this is going to be a very tight result and there’s a strong chance that Labor will need our support.

“Labor has a lot of work to do to convince us that they’re worth supporting.”

Cate Faehrmann also cautioned that Greens support for Labor wouldn’t be automatic. Picture: NCA NewsWire/ Jeremy Piper

Newtown MP in Sydney’s inner-west, Jenny Leong called out some of Labor’s key policies around abolishing the public sector wages cap, and demanded a patient ratio mandates for nurses and midwives.

“It is not enough to say that you will scrap the public sector wage cap but also won‘t commit to real wage growth for people who are working in the public sector,” she said.

“The Greens will not support a parent a Perrottet Liberal National Government but our support for a Minns Labor government comes with expectations.

“We are not willing to settle for a slightly better than the other bloke alternative.”

Adam Bandt said it was “time to clean up NSW”. Picture: NCA NewsWire/ Jeremy Piper

Australia Greens leader Adam Bandt said it was “time to clean up NSW”.

“We are seeing that not only the Liberals worried, but Labor is too and they should be because young people are turning out in droves to back the Greens,” he said

“Dirty deals, the dodgy maids and the kickbacks that people in this state have seen year after year after year and government after government after government.”

When asked about the Greens’ potential impact on the state election on Saturday, Mr Minns doubled down that Labor would not “do deals with minor parties or the crossbench” and said they were running on their own platform.

“The only way to guarantee a change of government and to see the end of the Perrottet government is to vote for a Labor candidate on the 25th of March,” he said.