Amanda Cohn
AustraliapoliticianFemale5.7Global Dominance: 0.00%Amanda Cohn is a prominent health spokesperson for the Greens party in New South Wales, advocating for mental health rights and policies that prioritize patient welfare over profit motives. Recently, she urged the government to avoid admitting involuntary patients to private facilities, highlighting potential risks to human rights.
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NSW Greens health spokesperson Dr Amanda Cohn said defibrillators were the single most time sensitive piece of equipment in an ambulance.
NSW Ambulance defibrillators randomly shut down: TGAAustralia· 2026-08-12
Greens MP Amanda Cohn noted that the Minns Labor government was 'kicking the can down the road' on critical matters of safety and inclusion.
Minns government rejects key recommendations from inquiryAustralia· 2026-08-04
Dr Amanda Cohn is the NSW Greens health spokesperson who criticized the social media policy of NSW Health.
Concord Hospital doctors plan revolt against NSW HealthAustralia· 2026-07-24
Greens MP Dr Amanda Cohn, the inquiry chair, stated that 'this is all fairly urgent' regarding the contract's expiration.
Westpac Rescue faces ‘urgent’ decision over $500 million contractAustralia· 2026-06-25
Amanda Cohn, a NSW Greens MP, criticized the removal of Pride in Protest as an extraordinary act of censorship.
Pride in Protest group banned from paradeAustralia· 2026-02-28
Greens Health spokeswoman Amanda Cohn said making a meaningful offer when the modelling was presented may have prevented the mental health care crisis NSW is now facing.
Secret warning that put a price on fixing the state’s psychiatrists crisisAustralia· 2025-06-09
Amanda Cohn introduced the bill following a NSW Health review of abortion law.
NSW Lib MP invokes Nazis in debate over widening access to abortionAustralia· 2025-05-08
Greens health spokesperson Dr Amanda Cohn wrote to Premier Chris Minns this week urging him to intervene in the sale.
Uproar over plans for 62-storey apartment TOD rezoningAustralia· 2025-04-30
Amanda Cohn led a parliamentary inquiry into mental health in NSW.
Victims’ families’ grief still deep and rawAustralia· 2025-04-11
Dr Amanda Cohn has introduced a bill in the upper house that would amend several aspects of the state’s abortion law.
Why is it being debated in parliament again?Australia· 2025-04-08Greens health spokesperson Amanda Cohn urged the government to rule out admitting involuntary patients to private facilities.
Mental health patients at Cumberland Hospital wait days to see a psychiatristAustralia· 2025-02-14