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David Shoebridge
Senator for NSW

Australian Greens are in Solidarity with the Kashmiri Community

27 October, 2023 - Australian Greens are in Solidarity with the Kashmiri Community on October 27 as they commemorate Black Day. Today is Black Day for the Ka...

A Government asleep at the wheel on youth justice and unlawful and dangerous Unit 18

25 October, 2023 - Attributable to Greens portfolio holder for First Nations, Resources, Trade, Tourism and Sport, and Yamatji Noongar woman, Senator Dorinda Co...

David Shoebridge

13 October, 2023 - In just a year we have already changed the country for the better, and we’re working hard to drive progressive change that makes lives better

Transparency Denied; Defence Exports to Sudan

7 September, 2023 - Australian Government refuses to be transparent about defence relations with Sudan in a time of humanitarian crisis Since April, Sudan ha...

Greens force the release of VIP flight documents

5 September, 2023 - The Greens today successfully passed a motion in the Senate requiring the Albanese Government to produce documents on multi-million dollar V...

Greens demand urgent action to fix mental health crisis in prisons

31 August, 2023 - The Australian Greens are demanding urgent action be taken in Australia’s corrections system to address a mental health crisis and prevent fur...

Defence hands $8.5 million to conflict-ridden consultant EY to design new nuclear submarine regulator 

21 August, 2023 - In the face of a national revolt over outsourcing of key government functions to consultants, Defence has handed another big four consultant, ...

Greens force Albanese government to spill the beans on VIP flights for politicians

18 August, 2023 - The public has paid millions to fly senior politicians around on “special purpose” VIP flights according to documents forced from the Albanese...

National conference confirms Labor now Australia’s centre-right party

18 August, 2023 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt said that even with the generously-named “Left” faction holding the numbers in the Party, the Labor National Conferen...

History made with first bill in Parliament to legalise cannabis nationally

10 August, 2023 - Greens Senator Shoebridge has today introduced The Greens Legalising Cannabis Bill 2023   to permit the adult recreational use of cannabi...

Speech: Introducing the Legalising Cannabis Bill 2023

10 August, 2023 - There is nothing so powerful in all the world as an idea whose time has come. Today I am delighted to be introducing The Greens Legali...

Defence targeted by consultants for billion dollar growth

8 August, 2023 - Media Release The Big 4 consultancies have taken more than $3.7 billion from Defence since 2011.  There has been an extraordinary ra...