Sarah Hanson Young
AustraliapoliticianFemaleb. 19815.3Global Dominance: 0.00%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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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
Sarah Hanson-Young is the committee chair who questioned Berroeta during the Senate inquiry.
Second potential death linked to Samsung phone revealed at Senate inquiryAustralia· 2025-12-09
Hanson-Young declared her party 'the real opposition' after the political triumph.
Voters expect Albanese to step out of the shadows – while his sun still shinesAustralia· 2025-11-28
Plibersek had agreed to terms with her Greens counterpart Sarah Hanson-Young.
Labor minister delivers environment protection reformsAustralia· 2025-11-26
Environment spokeswoman Sarah Hanson-Young said the change was welcome, but the time frame would take too long.
Albanese government offers Greens deal sweetener to pass environment lawsAustralia· 2025-11-23
Senator Sarah Hanson-Young noted with evident anger the delays in communication from Rue.
Rue and Berejiklian will survive, but Optus customers are already walking awayAustralia· 2025-11-03
Sarah Hanson-Young suggested that other staff members in senators’ offices may have received similar requests over their public questioning of tech giants.
Reluctant but compliant Snapchat, TikTok and Meta yield to social media banAustralia· 2025-10-28
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young told Senate estimates on Wednesday that when she met with Rue on Tuesday he told her the telco was aware of deaths on the evening of September 18.
Unanswered questions remain three weeks after crisisAustralia· 2025-10-09
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young sparred with Chisholm regarding the unread email.
Telco sent notification to wrong government email addressAustralia· 2025-10-08
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young emphasizes the importance of Australia's work with other democracies on climate action.
Albanese addresses UN General Assembly, urges nations to join social media ban; Typhoon Ragasa makes landfall in ChinaAustralia· 2025-09-25
Sarah Hanson-Young is a Greens senator who supported Lyons against Trump's criticism.
ABC barred from Trump’s UK press conference after clash with Australian journalist John Lyons | Australian media
United Kingdom· 2025-09-18
Sarah Hanson-Young attracted hundreds of donations over $300 when she sued David Leyonhjelm for defamation in 2018.
Jacinta Price seeking to crowdfund $320,000 to fight defamation lawsuitAustralia· 2025-08-27
