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Greens secure Senate inquiry into CSIRO job cuts

26 November, 2025 - The Greens have secured a Senate inquiry into the job and program cuts at the CSIRO, Australia’s leading scientific research agency. The inq...

Greens call for urgent review of Optus’ licence amidst yet another outage

26 November, 2025 - Quotes attributable to Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens spokesperson for communications and Chair of the Senate Inquiry into Triple 0 serv...

Labor should cut spending big on consultants, not weaken public service

26 November, 2025 - Labor has backflipped on its 2022 election promise to rebuild the public sector, following reports the Government plans to slash 5% of spend...

To end domestic violence, Labor must stop rising poverty

25 November, 2025 - A dramatic increase in calls to 1800 RESPECT from Australians seeking help with domestic violence shows the urgent need to raise rates of in...

Greens to introduce bill to halve the cost of arts degrees

25 November, 2025 - Today in the Senate, Senator Mehreen Faruqi will introduce the Higher Education Support Amendment (Reverse Job-Ready Graduates Fee Hike...

“URGENT INTERVENTION NEEDED” GREENS SAY AFTER REPORT SHOWS HOUSING IS MORE UNAFFORDABLE THAN EVER

25 November, 2025 - The Victorian Greens are calling on the government to urgently intervene after the Cotality report shows that housing is more unaffordable t...

“URGENT INTERVENTION NEEDED” GREENS SAY AFTER REPORT SHOWS HOUSING IS MORE UNNAFORDABLE THAN EVER

25 November, 2025 - The Victorian Greens are calling on the government to urgently intervene after the Cotality report shows that housing is more unaffordable t...

"Rent controls work" Greens renew push as new data reveals dire rental crisis

24 November, 2025 - The Victorian Greens say that rent controls are needed to address the rental affordability crisis as new national data released today shows ...

Dire rental affordability should be wake-up call for Labor

24 November, 2025 - Australia’s rental market remains dire according to the latest data from SGS Economics and Planning’s Rental Affordability Index 2025. In...

ALP withdraws its own Bill following Senate and community pressure

24 November, 2025 - Today, the Albanese Government withdrew the Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal Bill 2025, after sustained pressure from the communi...

Voluntary Assisted Dying Rights Protected

20 November, 2025 - Older Australians will retain the right to access end-of-life healthcare in their homes, regardless of where they live, following a conscien...

Labor leaves communities to the gambling industry vultures

20 November, 2025 - The Greens have slammed Labor’s capitulation to the gambling lobby by reportedly dropping plans for an online ad ban, saying it will leave f...

CSIRO’s Environment Research Unit alleged to bear the brunt of job cuts

20 November, 2025 - The Greens are deeply concerned that the 350 job cuts planned at the CSIRO will disproportionately impact public good science, with sources ...