Sutherland Greens

13/08/2026

"Our kids deserve a fair deal"

31/07/2026

** DEADLINE IS EXTENDED TO AUGUST 5 **

Please consider making a submission to oppose the HVO coal mine - the largest ever coal mine proposal in NSW. If approved it would lock in around 800 million tonnes of climate pollution - this is seven times the annual pollution of the entirety of NSW!

Currently there are more submissions in support of this atrocity than there are opposing it. Your submission doesn't need to be long, even just a sentence or two will do.

Please share this with your family and friends!!

Submissions here: https://www.ipcn.nsw.gov.au/form/hvo-north-and-south-open-cut-coal-continuation

A guide to making your submission: https://www.lockthegate.org.au/hunter_valley_operations (they wrongly show the deadline as August 2 - it's definitely August 5).

After you make a submission, we will publish it on the website along with your full name, state/territory and name of your organisation. You may choose not to have us publish your full name and/or state/territory; however, your organisation and any personal information you choose to include within y...

31/07/2026

If you missed our screening, the St George Greens are hosting this film next Sat 8 August!

26/07/2026

Do you want to know What's On this week in our area?

Check out the Sutherland Greens Community & Activist calendar!

Highlights include:

- Free Community Meals in the evenings - Monday in Caringbah, Tuesday in Miranda, Wednesday in Engadine, Thursday in Cronulla, and Sunday in Sutherland

- screenings of Earth's Greatest Enemy: Film night and Director Q&A - Tuesday in Fairy Meadow, Wednesday in Newtown

- The Matter of Facts Workshop: a free 2 hour workshop at Kirrawee Library+ to help equip yourself with the knowledge and skills to identify misinformation, this Wednesday 10am-12pm

- headspace Youth Group: Tweens and Teens are invited to Kirrawee library to join in fun activities and games with friends old and new, presented by headspace Miranda, this Thursday 4:30-6pm

- Sutherland Shire Community Disability Expo, this Friday 10am-1pm

- Bushcare at Gunnamatta Park and Wanda Beach Reserve, this Saturday 8:30am– 11:30am

And more! Check out the calendar here: https://www.sutherlandgreens.org.au/community-activist-calendar

Community & Activist calendar We're keen to help foster community engagement - many locals have Greens values and are interested in connecting with like minded folks to support positive community events. This calendar is for you. Our members and supporters have a wide range of interests - from

07/07/2026

Happy NAIDOC week!

09/06/2026

‼️ TOMORROW NIGHT (Wednesday 10 June) ‼️

🐨🦎Australia’s native wildlife and wild places are ravaged by invasive species that just don’t belong here.

Foxes, cats, cane toads, deer, pigs along with many insects were introduced through human activity over the past two centuries with no real understanding of the catastrophic damage they would wreak on an environment that evolved to withstand existing threats over thousands of years.

We didn’t cause it, but we know it’s driving the worst extinction records in the world.

So what do we do? What is our duty as the Greens NSW to ensure we reverse this extinction spiral?

Join us as we delve into the ethics of invasive species control and the price we pay if we choose to look away and take the easy road of ‘learning to live with’ these invasive species while they continue to kill native wildlife every hour of the day and night, every day of the year.

Register here 👉 https://www.suehigginson.org/invasive_species_control

17/05/2026

It was a sea of yellow outside the NSW Planning Minister's office yesterday as the Illawarra Knitting Nannas Against Greed and the Sydney Knitting Nannas And Friends let Paul Scully MP know what they think about Labor's new NSW Coal Industry Plan.

It's a plan to let coal companies continue to threaten our water catchments. It also ignores the NSW Net Zero Commission report which states that further coal mine extensions are incompatible with the state’s emissions reduction targets.

We heard from Anne from the Knitting Nanas, Nic Clyde from Lock The Gate Alliance, Steph Lentz the Gardens of Stone Alliance 4nature campaigner, Deidre Stuart from Illawarra Greens, Sutherland Greens members, and Sutherland Shire Environment Centre spokesman Cooper Riach.

Peabody is now planning to mine the Woronora catchment through the 2040s, aiming to put in a whole new even bigger mine. The company stills think polyurethane grouting is an acceptable way of remediating subsidence damage they will cause. They also want to use biodiversity offsets to make up for the destruction of swamps.

Catchment swamp ecosystems are vital - they hold water in dry periods, releasing it slowing, filtering and naturally cleaning the water we drink. New research has found that damage to swamps from mining is irreversible, and that over 45% of swamps at the Woronora Plateau are at risk of collapse if undermining there continues.

Steph Lentz spoke about Centennial mine near Lithgow, which is now also seeking to expand, and how this mine is also being allowed to treat the headwaters of Sydney’s drinking water catchment as a waste discharge point. This is our drinking water. It's shocking this discharge is allowed, and shocking that the government continues with a lax environmental planning laws that allows major polluters to discharge contaminated water into the Sydney Drinking Water Catchment.

The NSW Labor government is prioritising coal over water.

We need a just transition now. Great to see members of POWA - Protect Our Water Alliance and their NO MINING IN THE WATER CATCHMENT + SUSTAINABLE JOBS banners.

Thanks to everyone who signed the Save our Swamps petition saying biodiversity offsets should not be used to destroy swamps!! It is worth remembering Peabody makes billions every year and pays NO TAX.

Thanks to all who signed the Gardens of Stone Alliance petition calling for NSW Labor to reinstitute the Neutral or Beneficial Effect (NorBE) test, and to honour its 2017 promise to protect Sydney’s drinking water.

14/05/2026

Hi everyone, a reminder of the rally being held 11:30am to 12:30pm this Saturday 16 May at 51 Crown St, Wollongong!

This is to protest a policy that will continue approvals for mining operations including extension of the time and area of existing mines, and restarts of former operations.

Hear from expert speakers, join us in singing protest songs and sign letters to Ministers Houssos, Scully and Jackson.

Be prepared for changeable weather and bring an umbrella if needed!

Hi everyone, a reminder of the rally being held 11.30 to 12.30 Saturday 16 May at 51 Crown St, Wollongong!

This is to protest the NEW POLICY FOR COAL MINING IN NSW, 'NSW Coal Industry 2026-50'. This policy will continue approvals for mining operations including extension of the time and area of existing mines, and restarts of former operations.

Hear from expert speakers, join us in singing protest songs and sign letters to Ministers Houssos, Scully and Jackson.

Be prepared for changeable weather and bring an umbrella if needed.

11/05/2026

The Illawarra Knitting Nannas Against Greed are holding a rally this Saturday 16 May 11.30am at 51 Crown St, Wollongong.

Join them in protesting the new policy for coal mining in NSW, 'NSW Coal Industry 2026-50'. This policy will continue approvals for mining operations including extension of the time and area of existing mines, and restarts of former operations.

Hear from expert speakers, join in singing protest songs and sign letters to Ministers Houssos, Scully and Jackson.

Hi everyone, a reminder of the rally being held 11.30 to 12.30 Saturday 16 May at 51 Crown St, Wollongong!

This is to protest the NEW POLICY FOR COAL MINING IN NSW, 'NSW Coal Industry 2026-50'. This policy will continue approvals for mining operations including extension of the time and area of existing mines, and restarts of former operations.

Hear from expert speakers, join us in singing protest songs and sign letters to Ministers Houssos, Scully and Jackson.

Be prepared for changeable weather and bring an umbrella if needed.

01/05/2026