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Greens urge Royal Commission into safety and quality of early childhood education

1 July, 2025 - In light of a breaking story of alleged sexual assaults linked to an employee who worked at a number of childcare centres across Melbourne, the G...

Unfair funding cut to BREAZE threatens Ballarat’s clean energy progress

26 June, 2025 - Responding to a community protest supporting BREAZE, a volunteer-run renewable energy group recently cut from funding by the City of Ballarat, S...

The early learning crisis in rural and regional Australia

3 June, 2025 - This op-ed was published in Stock and Land and The Weekly Times in April 2025.  From the orchards of my family’s farm in western Victoria...

Greens pledge to support Hazara Community & Cultural Centre Proposal

30 April, 2025 - The Greens have committed to pushing for $20 million in the next Parliament to establish a multipurpose Hazara Community & Cultural Centre ...

Greens launch plan for an independent commission to crack down on reckless for-profit childcare providers

2 April, 2025 - In the wake of the ABC’s Four Corners report exposing abuse and misconduct by childcare providers and Early Childhood Education Minister Anne Al...

Greens pledge to help transform Footscray Community Arts

2 April, 2025 - The Australian Greens will push for a $4.85 million investment in Footscray Community Arts for the seat of Fraser. The Greens say this fundin...

 Greens plan to save and expand Tasmanian Antarctic science jobs

21 March, 2025 - Renewed Antarctic science funding is urgently needed to stop an exodus of Antarctic researchers from the University of Tasmania and prevent the...

Greens call for Royal Commission to examine horrific practices in privatised childcare system

18 March, 2025 - In light of Four Corners’ reporting overnight suggesting Australia’s early childhood education and care system is at breaking point, the Greens...