Latest News, Articles & Media

David Shoebridge
Senator for NSW

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...

Government must release Office of National Intelligence’s Urgent Climate Risk Assessment, say Greens

4 August, 2023 - The Greens are calling on the Prime Minister and the government to immediately release a declassified version of the Office of National Intelli...

Unprecedented engagement on draft Cannabis report delivers a gold standard scheme

4 August, 2023 - Today the Greens are delivering the results of the extensive public consultation on the first ever bill to legalise adult use of recreational c...

Greens Say Yes to Transparency but Where’s the Data Protection?

1 August, 2023 - The Greens welcome the Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media’s recommendations for a minimum set of enforceable transpa...

Labor must come clean about the Biak Massacre 25 years on during President Widodo’s visit

5 July, 2023 - Indonesia’s President Widodo’s visit to Australia has ignited a pressing demand for an open and honest conversation about the ongoing West Papua ...

Greens’ Top Ten priorities for referrals to the NACC

27 June, 2023 - After nine years of Coalition Government, issues with integrity have been a constant theme with decision making that was partisan, politicised a...