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Waiting to die: aged care wait times blow out under Labor’s rationing regime

13 May, 2026 - Labor’s brutal aged care regime has seen average wait times for home support and residential care blow out, as the effects of rationing begin to ...

Small steps forward, but not the funding needed to meet FDSV demand

13 May, 2026 - Despite clear calls from the family, sexual and domestic violence sector that current funding is failing to meet demand, there were no significan...

Budget bakes in housing inequality

13 May, 2026 - Labor promised to deliver a budget that would tackle intergenerational housing inequity but failed to deliver. The Greens say Labor’s budget b...

Budget fails communities of colour and students: No changes to JRG, nothing for the National Anti-Racism Framework

13 May, 2026 - Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson for Higher Education and Anti-Racism, Senator Faruqi, has responded to last night’s federal budget, which f...

PM’s childcare “legacy” built on empty promises and pay cut 

13 May, 2026 - PM’s childcare “legacy” built on empty promises and pay cut  The Greens spokesperson for Early Childhood Education and Care, Senator Step...

Labor’s budget backs corporate profits & the 1% over people

12 May, 2026 - In their first budget of the term, Labor has chosen corporate profits over people, by delivering real cuts to services while allowing corporate p...

Labor finally adopts Greens-driven early childhood commission proposal but stalls on real reform

8 May, 2026 - The Greens have welcomed the government finally moving to “consult” on a national early childhood education and care commission, but say families ...

Inquiry calls for gas tax review after Middle East conflict

7 May, 2026 - The Greens-led Select Committee into the taxation of Australia’s gas resources has tabled its final report, agreeing that the gas export tax regim...

Labor’s fuel crisis budget will pick a side: ordinary people or corporate profits

7 May, 2026 - As the illegal war in the Middle East fuels inflation and economic inequality, Labor's budget must choose a side: deliver for people, or deliver f...

GAS RESERVE WILL PROLONG THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN RIP OFF: GREENS

7 May, 2026 - Labor’s adoption of the Australian Energy Producers-supported gas reservation policy as Australian government policy is yet another capitulation t...

Rate rise pain won’t be felt by the top 1%

5 May, 2026 - Today’s interest rate rise will further entrench economic inequality and deliver more money into the pockets of the 1 per cent at the expense of r...

Big 4 banks are raking in billions off home loans

5 May, 2026 - The big four banks - CBA, NAB, Westpac and ANZ - made a profit of $16.9 billion from owner-occupier home loans in 2025, new data by the ...

Australian Greens statement on Kumanjayi Little Baby

1 May, 2026 - Our hearts ache for the family of Kumanjayi Little Baby and their community. The pain and grief being felt in Mparntwe Alice Springs and across th...

Greens condemn for profit childcare system after closure of 40 centres

30 April, 2026 - The Australian Greens have renewed calls to overhaul early childhood education and care following a major closure announcement by private opera...