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Government Forced To Backflip On Latest Bad Faith Move In Education Negotiations

1 July, 2026 - The ACT Education Directorate has today been forced to backflip on an order for staff to note on their timesheets when they are working but not a...

Defence waste $29 billion and Albanese announced a deck rearranging exercise for the Titanic

1 July, 2026 - The Albanese Labor Government hiding a $29 billion defence blowout behind cosmetic changes to defence procurement is the ultimate exercise in spi...

No more tinkering, Labor must act on Big 4

1 July, 2026 - In response to the recent fallout over KPMG’s multiple scandals which followed the PwC scandal, Labor has released a position paper int...

Media Release: Albanese Government lectures others on human rights but does nothing new at home

1 July, 2026 - The Albanese Government has rejected 204 of the 332 recommendations made in this year’s UN Universal Periodic Review, including calls to raise th...

ACT Greens Announce New Leader, Deputy Leader and Renewed Focus on Delivering for Canberrans

30 June, 2026 - The ACT Greens today announced that Jo Clay has been elected as their new Leader and Andrew Braddock as Deputy Leader, following a ballot of the...

'Social cohesion' is a fantasy when the Government imposes hierarchies of racism

30 June, 2026 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and spokesperson for Anti-Racism, has responded to the Albanese Government’s laun...

Ashes to Ashes

30 June, 2026 - A childhood playground eventually reveals its secrets By Dr Andrew Turk, a member of the Green Issue Editorial Team This story compares th...

LNG as a Transition Fuel

30 June, 2026 - LNG is really of no help in transitioning out of coal By Chris Johansen, Green Issue Co-editor The WA and Australian Governments argue tha...

Federal Budget Conversations

30 June, 2026 - In conversations about the Federal Budget, Greens should welcome the fairer taxation changes but deplore the NDIS cuts and note the many opportu...

Labor’s dodgy lotto deal a "total rip off" that puts gambling corporation profits ahead of Victorians

30 June, 2026 - The Victorian Greens say fresh analysis of Labor's 40-year lottery licence deal shows the Allan Government has prioritised a short-term budget f...

Greens introduce bill for LGBTIQA+ Human Rights Commissioner

30 June, 2026 - The Australian Greens will today introduce legislation to create a dedicated LGBTIQA+ Human Rights Commissioner within the Australian Human Righ...

Labor doesn’t want teens to be paid super

30 June, 2026 - Labor’s Payday Super bill (Treasury Laws Amendment (Payday Superannuation) Bill 2025), which comes into effect tomorrow, comes with regulations ...

Greens win protections for workers in Workplaces Bill

29 June, 2026 - The Greens have secured amendments to the government’s Building Cooperative Workplaces Bill that will protect workers' pay and conditions, and e...

Greens call for immediate anti-corruption laws as fresh Big Build allegations show Labor failed to act 

29 June, 2026 - The Victorian Greens are calling on the Allan Government to immediately strengthen Victoria's anti-corruption laws, saying there is no excuse to...