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Steph Hodgins-May Senator for Vic

It's time for tri-partisan reform to fix early childhood education

11 July, 2025 - This op-ed was published in the Canberra Times in July 2025.  With parliament returning in just two weeks, we have a rare chance to work...

Greens say fossil fuel lobbyists must get dirty influence out of climate policy

9 July, 2025 - The Greens have slammed the Albanese Government’s cosy relationship with fossil fuel lobbyists, in the wake of the release of a new white paper e...

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...