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Janet Rice
Senator for Victoria

The burning of native forest biomass is not renewable energy

30 September, 2022 - Today the Federal Government’s Native forest biomass in the Renewable Energy Target consultation paper was released with submissions open t...

Goodbye to the Cashless Debit Card

28 September, 2022 - Australian Greens Social Services spokesperson Senator Janet Rice has welcomed the end of the cashless debit card after the bill passed ton...

Abolishing the Cashless Debit Card is a start, but we must end all compulsory income management

24 September, 2022 - Australian Greens Social Services spokesperson Senator Janet Rice has welcomed the end of the cashless debit card in four affected communit...

Greens call for National Cabinet to extend Pandemic Leave Payments

13 September, 2022 - Greens social services spokesperson, Senator Janet Rice, has urged the Federal Government to extend Pandemic Leave Payments beyond Septembe...

Greens establish Senate inquiry into poverty and cost of living

7 September, 2022 - Almost 50 years to the day (29 August, 1972) after the historic Henderson Commission of Inquiry into poverty, and after years of inaction by...

Newsflash to Minister Rishworth: There’s room in the budget to raise the rate of Jobseeker

30 August, 2022 - Australian Greens spokesperson for social services, Senator Janet Rice, has scoffed at Minister Rishworth’s assertion this morning that there ...

Robodebt Royal Commission must be forward-looking to ensure cruel scheme never happens again

25 August, 2022 - The Greens are calling for a forward-looking Robodebt Royal Commission, and for the Labor Government to address structural factors in our coun...

Minister Rishworth must heed calls to axe mutual obligations from disability employment service

8 August, 2022 - The Australian Greens are calling on Minister Amanda Rishworth to listen to disability stakeholders and scrap mutual obligations from the new d...

Senate Committee Calls for Royal Commission into Robodebt

13 May, 2022 - Report shows significant harm and trauma from the horrific Robodebt scheme Robodebt, the illegal use of income averaging to generate false debts,...

Greens announce plan to lower pension age and increase payment rate

8 April, 2022 - Greens Welfare spokesperson Senator Janet Rice and Queensland Lead Senate candidate Penny Allman-Payne will today in Brisbane announce the Green...

Greens take on inequality and launch Liveable Income Guarantee

20 March, 2022 - In the lead-up to a Liberal Budget set to increase inequality and with Labor opting to be a small target by waving regressive economic measures...