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Greens Senate Inquiry will examine waste & recycling crisis

28 February, 2024 - The Greens have established a Senate inquiry into the effectiveness of the Albanese’s Labor Government’s waste reduction and recycling polic...

Media release: Digital ID scheme has so much promise but it’s up to Parliament to ensure social licence

28 February, 2024 - The move towards a credible and secure Digital ID has large potential privacy benefits if done well and clear risks if it is rushed or misha...

Transphobic Liberals try another stunt to peddle hate

27 February, 2024 - After tabling his transphobic and homophobic bill to Parliament last year, Senator Alex Antic has brought on a motion today to have his bill...

Greens Say Parliament Must End Support of State of Israel’s Brutal Invasion of Gaza

26 February, 2024 - In the shadow of the State of Israel’s impending all out siege of Rafah, the Australian Greens have given the Albanese government the opport...

Dr Andrew Forrest backs Climate Trigger while Labor backs gas

26 February, 2024 - Monday 26 Feb 2024 The Greens have called on Labor to listen to business leaders like Dr Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest who today called for a c...

Greens will move amendment to retain s11 of RBA Act

22 February, 2024 - The Greens will move an amendment in Parliament to retain s11 of the RBA Act which gives the Treasurer the power to override Reserve Bank de...

CEOs come and go, grocery market dominance remains

21 February, 2024 - The upcoming departure of Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci will change nothing while the supermarket duopoly retains its market dominance and cu...

Reinforcing Failure, Labor refuses to make the hard call to cancel the disastrous $45 billion Hunter Frigates

20 February, 2024 - The Albanese Government is reinforcing and rewarding failure with its review of the Australian Navy’s surface fleet, released today. More...

The real immigration crisis is offshore detention

19 February, 2024 - Media and political panic about the arrival of people seeking asylum is disgraceful and undermines community harmony, the Greens say. “Se...

Labor’s sneaky scheme would bypass environment laws for new offshore gas projects

15 February, 2024 - Labor’s last-minute attempt today to allow the Minister to bypass environmental law when approving new offshore gas projects has been slamme...

Labor refuses to ditch dodgy Morrison-era loophole from public school funding agreements

15 February, 2024 - In Senate Estimates this morning Labor refused to rule out dropping the dodgy accounting trick from bilateral funding agreements which allow...

RBA Belatedly Acknowledges Corporate Price Gouging

15 February, 2024 - The RBA’s belated acknowledgement of corporate price gouging under the cover of inflation should prompt the Labor Government to introduce a ...

Youth mental health in worst shape ever because of climate and housing crises

12 February, 2024 - New data from the 2021 Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia report has shown youth mental health at the worst since tracking b...

Wong UNRWA admission shows Minister’s recklessness on Palestine

9 February, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and Aid and Global Justice spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has questioned Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Penny Won...