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David Shoebridge
Senator for NSW

Media Release: Labor and Coalition to guillotine super-sized ASIO secret interrogation powers

20 August, 2026 - Parliament is set to guillotine the ASIO Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2025 through the Senate today, super-sizing ASIO's coercive questioning and de...

Media Release: Greens celebrate news of the release of whistleblower David McBride from prison

13 August, 2026 - The Greens join today with millions of Australians celebrating David McBride’s release from prison after he today became eligible for parole.G...

Media Release: Greens welcome modern slavery reforms and offer pathway to legislate

16 July, 2026 - The Albanese Government has announced plans for a new criminal offence and civil penalties for large companies that fail to prevent modern slave...

Nuclear deal with India was opposed by Albanese a decade ago, should be opposed now

9 July, 2026 - The Greens say the deal will help India expand its growing cache of nuclear weapons, heightening global nuclear risk and undermining Labor’s clai...

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...

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...

AUKUS, rights and the fight for an independent Australia

25 June, 2026 - AUKUS, rights and the fight for an independent Australia By Senator David Shoebridge   AUKUS is not going well. In fact, it is inc...

Scathing Audit of Collins Submarine Program, upended by AUKUS

22 May, 2026 - The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) report today on the Collins Class Submarines Life of Type Extension, shows structural negligence from...

Explosive Government analysis on new AUKUS nuclear submarine base

15 May, 2026 - New documents show the dangers of an AUKUS nuclear submarine base on Australia’s east coast. With Port Kembla being put as the frontrunner for th...

Media Release: Doubling down on AUKUS, gambling on Trump, is not a defence strategy that will keep Australia safe

16 April, 2026 - Defence Minister Richard Marles today used his National Press Club address to launch Australia's 2026 National Defence Strategy, a document bil...