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Janet Rice
Senator for Victoria

The rot won't stop with McKenzie's resignation: Greens

2 February, 2020 - The long-overdue resignation of the ministry by Bridget McKenzie leaves unanswered questions about the Sports Rorts scandal and does not addr...

Bridget McKenzie sports grants bias, rorts deserve scrutiny by the Senate

16 January, 2020 -   Greens Senator Janet Rice has slammed Bridget McKenzie’s handling of the sport program, giving $100 million in sport grants to favour Coal...

Morrison government missing-in-action while climate emergency plunges profits of Australian farms

18 December, 2019 - Greens Senator Janet Rice has slammed the government’s failure to act as farmers suffer the effects of the climate emergency, following a da...

Greens pledge $1b funding to make bike riding safer

9 May, 2019 - The Australian Greens have pledged $1 billion in funding to ensure that bike riders have the freedom to ride safely for every journey. The Greens ...

$1 billion for bikes

8 May, 2019 -   The Australian Greens have a plan to: Create a network of safe and continuous bicycle routes Develop end-of-trip facilities (such as shower...

You can’t trust Labor on climate and environment after yet another backflip, say Greens

1 May, 2019 -   Labor’s latest backflip, abandoning support for more native forest reserves in Tasmania, including 356,000ha of permanent reserves, shows they ...

Bill Shorten’s electric vehicle backtrack shows you can’t trust Labor on climate, say Greens

30 April, 2019 - Bill Shorten has today confirmed that Labor’s 50% by 2030 electric vehicle target isn’t an election promise, and that it “doesn’t mean that [it...

​​​​​​​SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE FOR OUR FUTURE

30 April, 2019 - The Australian Greens will: Deliver $100m a year of real support for drought affected communities Support farmers with grants to increase pr...

Australian Greens comprehensive LGBTIQ+ policies

20 April, 2019 - All Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer (LGBTIQ+) people have the right to be free from discrimination, have autonomy over ...

Greens slam WA Labor government’s extension to destructive native forest logging agreements

4 April, 2019 - With the stroke of a pen rolling over last century’s destructive logging laws, WA Labor has signed the death warrant on threatened animals like ...