Sarah Hanson Young
AustraliapoliticianFemaleb. 19816.0Global Dominance: 0.02%Sarah Hanson Young is a prominent Australian politician and member of the Greens party, known for her advocacy on social and environmental issues. Recently, she called for a thorough inquiry into the decision to rescind Khaled Sabsabi's invitation to the Venice Biennale, highlighting concerns over political interference in the arts.
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Contenders for the party leadership include Faruqi, Sarah Hanson-Young (a dealmaker considered too moderate by the party’s hard-left).
Greens leader resigns from top job due to chronic kidney diseaseAustralia· 2026-09-28
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young, who chairs the Senate committee, sent written requests to Altman and Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei.
AI company to skip Thursday’s session but will appear before parliament next weekAustralia· 2026-09-28
Sarah Hanson-Young stated that there are serious questions that Sam Altman needs to answer about the hacker attack.
Chefes da OpenAI e Anthropic são chamados pelo Senado da Austrália para explicar invasões de IA a sites do governo do país
Brazil· 2026-09-27Senator Sarah Hanson-Young is leading the investigation into the impact of artificial intelligence.
Сем Алтман и Дарио Амодеј повикани на сослушување пред австралиска сенатска анкетна комисија
North Macedonia· 2026-09-27Amos has worked across the parliament since 2015 in the offices of Tyrrell, Lambie, former Labor MP Gai Brodtmann and Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young.
Labor senator’s extra staffer told to pay back $12,000 hire car billAustralia· 2026-09-27
Sarah Hanson-Young is a Greens senator who emphasized the public's right to know about the AI security issues.
Australian senators summon OpenAI boss as hack expands beyond MedicareAustralia· 2026-09-26
Sarah Hanson-Young said Altman needed to publicly answer questions about the Australian hack.
Heads of OpenAI and Anthropic called to face Senate inquiry after rogue agent incidents | Australian politics
United Kingdom· 2026-09-26
Sarah Hanson-Young employs one personal staff.
Lambie defector Tammy Tyrrell retained extra staff after joining LaborAustralia· 2026-09-22
Greens communications spokeswoman Sarah Hanson-Young said the government needed to pause AI development in Australia and uphold copyright laws.
Artists, crossbenchers urge Albanese government to reject tech giant demandsAustralia· 2026-09-16
Sarah Hanson-Young is a Greens communications spokeswoman advocating for laws that protect people online.
Is Labor’s plan to regulate social media algorithms world leading?Australia· 2026-09-11
Long-serving South Australian Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young also said that Waters’ position as leader was safe.
Australian Greens kiss and make up after three senators crossed the floor on key voteAustralia· 2026-09-11
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says online betting advertisements and inducements should be banned if Labor wants its gambling bill passed into law.
What the Greens want to change in the government’s proposed sports betting legislationAustralia· 2026-08-09
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young called it 'disgusting'.
Hancock Prospecting demands editorial changes following controversial segmentAustralia· 2026-08-08
Greens communications spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young said public safety should be written into the inquiry’s terms of reference.
Your phone could switch networks when it loses coverage. Telstra says noAustralia· 2026-08-05
Greens senator and committee chair Sarah Hanson-Young has pushed Telstra chief executive Vicki Brady on statistics showing the telco’s network is suffering increasing outages.
Telco, ACMA to face grilling over Triple Zero outagesAustralia· 2026-07-17
Hanson left the UK for Sicily and saw mining billionaire Gina Rinehart at a luxury hotel, sparking taunts about her holiday from critics ranging from Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young to Liberal leader Angus Taylor.
One Nation leader names daughter Lee as potential successor in podcast with Tommy RobinsonAustralia· 2026-07-16
Sarah Hanson-Young is the Greens senator and inquiry chair who will interrogate Telstra executives about the network outage.
Senate inquiry to examine Telstra’s management of a device that was out of dateAustralia· 2026-07-12Sarah Hanson-Young is a spokeswoman for the Greens who accused the regulator of being too cozy with the companies it polices.
How the communications crisis unfolded and what can stop the same thing from happening againAustralia· 2026-07-10
Greens communications spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young stated her party would seek to amend telco laws.
Telstra outage in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth affecting Triple Zero, public transport across nationAustralia· 2026-07-08
The Greens’ Sarah Hanson-Young said: 'What we know is that the social media ban has fundamentally failed to protect young people online.'
Human rights commissioner warns Labor against rushing changesAustralia· 2026-07-01
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young arrived at the Midwinter Ball in a red lace gown.
Midwinter Ball: All the guestsAustralia· 2026-07-01
The Greens’ communications spokeswoman Sarah Hanson-Young criticized the government for failing to follow the Murphy report's proposals.
Labor’s reform package faces further delays as Coalition and Greens push for inquiryAustralia· 2026-06-30
Sarah Hanson-Young shared a photo with Tame and praised the importance of 'difficult women'.
Anthony Albanese apologises for label at Herald Sun Future Victoria SummitAustralia· 2026-02-26
A third Senate inquiry hearing will examine the deadly Triple Zero outage, led by Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young.
Optus to cut 200 jobs after horror yearAustralia· 2026-02-24
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young will no longer use taxpayers’ funds to ferry her lobbyist husband to Canberra after she was criticised for spending almost $50,000 flying him to the city where he works.
Greens senator to stop using taxpayer funds to fly lobbyist husband to CanberraAustralia· 2026-02-12
Sarah Hanson-Young described Bannon’s claims as an attack on Australia’s elections.
Steve Bannon texts about Clive Palmer 2019 ads sparks sharp rebuke from Bill ShortenAustralia· 2026-02-02
Sarah Hanson-Young became embroiled in the spending saga when it was revealed she had charged taxpayers $49,902 for flights to Canberra for Oquist.
IPEA review didn’t investigate flights for Greens’ senator’s husband, lobbyist Ben OquistAustralia· 2026-01-14Senator Sarah Hanson-Young called for a government review of Optus’ operating license.
Optus staff face sack after review into Triple Zero outageAustralia· 2025-12-18
Sarah Hanson-Young has sought advice from the watchdog regarding the expenses controversy.
Sussan Ley calls for resignation as Albanese seeks adviceAustralia· 2025-12-12
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young used the perks to bring family members to music festivals.
Albanese dodges questions on overhaul of rulesAustralia· 2025-12-10