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Climate Change and Mental Health

13 December, 2019 - With large parts of Australia on fire, the air filled with smoke, and people’s lives increasingly impacted, it’s an important time to talk a...

The fate of journalism and Julian Assange

13 December, 2019 - Julian Assange’s extradition to the country whose war crimes he exposed sets a dangerous precedent for press freedom – and our democracy. Ho...

Like the seas, the number of climate refugees is rising

13 December, 2019 - Climate change is already a major driver of forced displacement around the world. And if things continue the way they are, there are many mo...

Australian Greens bringing together Middle East Green parties

13 December, 2019 - With support from the Australian Greens, Greens parties in the Middle East continue to operate and call for a better future for their people...

Sowing the ideas to cultivate democracy

13 December, 2019 - Held in parallel with the Greens’ National Conference in Canberra last month, the Green Institute conference Cultivating Democracy dug into ...

The PM needs to grow some ... climate ambition

13 December, 2019 - Much of Australia is on fire and yet our PM is nowhere to be seen. Instead, it’s people like you powering the movement for action on climate...

Government response to Digital Platforms Inquiry misses the mark

12 December, 2019 - After dragging its feet for over half a year, the Morrison Government has finally delivered its response to the Final Report of the ACCC Dig...

Scott Morrison caught cheating on climate: Bandt

12 December, 2019 - Greens spokesperson for the climate crisis, Adam Bandt MP, has labelled Scott Morrison and his government a pack of climate cheats and said ...

ATO tax report proof of broken system

12 December, 2019 - Data released in the ATO's Tax Transparency Report today showing that a third of our largest companies paid no corporate tax last year are p...

As Australia burns, the Liberals cheat and Labor spits in the face of victims: Greens

11 December, 2019 - The Australian Greens have slammed Liberal and Labor for their climate failures and embrace of coal, both on the international stage and the...

Canberra’s coffee cup scheme starts today!

11 December, 2019 - The ACT Government has today launched a new reusable coffee cup scheme to help reduce the amount of single-use cups in our region. More ...

Latest Live Export Cruelty Scandal Shows Nothing Has Changed

10 December, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator and Animal Welfare Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has responded to reports hundreds of Australian cattle sold fo...

Adani gets 12.5 billion litres of water while 67% of Queensland in drought

10 December, 2019 - The Morrison Government’s decision not to consider the impacts of Adani sucking up 12.5 billion litres of water from a region in deep drough...

Religious Discrimination Second Exposure Draft

10 December, 2019 - The second exposure draft of the Liberals' Religious Discrimination legislation has made already bad legislation even worse. "The Liberals h...

Koala Inquiry to Hear Evidence That More Than 30% of North Coast Koala habitat Destroyed by Fires

9 December, 2019 - Ecologist Dailan Pugh will present evidence to a NSW Upper House Inquiry into Koala Populations that up to one third of koala habitat on the ...