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Undermining Copyright would be selling out Artists, Creatives and all Australians to big AI

16 September, 2026 - Responding to reports the Government’s proposed ‘opt out’ copyright legislation, Greens spokesperson for the Arts, Senator Sarah Hanson-You...

Greens say universities must stop steamrolling staff and students in AI rush

16 September, 2026 - UNSW and the University of Sydney have both in recent weeks signed agreements with OpenAI to roll out ChatGPT Edu, ignoring concerns from s...

James Cook University must reverse proposed axing of vet lab

16 September, 2026 - In a speech to the Senate today, Queensland Greens Senator Penny Allman-Payne has called on James Cook University to rethink its plan to ax...

Bathla collapse: the case for a public developer

16 September, 2026 - Thousands of Bathla homebuyers are waiting in limbo to find out if their homes will be built or if they’ll lose their deposits, after Bathl...

Greens unite with industry on need for federal packaging reform

15 September, 2026 - Industry, the recycling sector, environmental groups and the Australian Greens are today uniting in calls for a mandatory federal extended ...

Albanese Government Refuses to Commit to a Moratorium on Data Centres amid call for Global Slow Down on AI

14 September, 2026 - Leading tech CEOs Dario Amodei, Elon Musk and Sam Altman have called for urgent action to slow down the arms race on AI, citing a threat to...

Sad day for Whyalla workers, 600 jobs cut

14 September, 2026 - Today’s announcement to cut hundreds of jobs in Whyalla is a devastating blow - with 500 workers at the blast furnace and 100 labour hire c...

KPMG raking in $437m in govt contracts, $303m in defence

11 September, 2026 - New data from the parliamentary library shows KPMG currently holds $437 million worth of active contracts with the Federal Labor Government...

Statement on the Improved Native Forest Management Instrument from Senators McKim, Bleyer, Steele-John

10 September, 2026 - Statement on the Improved Native Forest Management Instrument from Senators McKim, Bleyer, Steele-JohnAfter much deliberation we have decid...

Labor must ditch gas reservation and finally make gas industry pay up

10 September, 2026 - The Greens are reiterating their call for a minimum 25 per cent gas export tax, following the expected first back-down of Labor’s reservati...

PISA proves Australian teachers are world-class but need more support

9 September, 2026 - The Greens say the national conversation around classroom disruption and student performance is broken, with the latest PISA data showing Au...

Digital Duty of Care must make Platforms Safer for All Users

8 September, 2026 - The Greens welcome the release of an exposure draft of the digital duty of care legislation but warn there is still work to do to get it rig...

Greens say Albanese must explain pork-barrelling claims at election inquiry

8 September, 2026 - The Australian Greens are calling on the Prime Minister to urgently front up over reports that a $560 million Major and Local Community Infr...