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Police should not investigate police over Blak deaths in custody

7 June, 2025 - The Australian Greens call for an independent inquiry into the death of 24 year old Kumanjayi White, a Warlpiri man with a disability, in Alice S...

Major General or NACC Commissioner? Commissioner Brereton needs to choose

6 June, 2025 - The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) Commissioner, Paul Brereton, attended at least 18 formal Defence functions in his uniform as a Maj...

Greens launch big corporation tax to protect essential services in the upcoming Budget

6 June, 2025 - Today Leader of the ACT Greens Shane Rattenbury, alongside Deputy Leader of the ACT Greens, Jo Clay have launched a measured yet ambitious big co...

Australia must act after the US vetoes UN ceasefire and aid resolution on Gaza

5 June, 2025 - The Albanese Government must act in response to the US abusing its veto power on the UN Security Council by being the sole vote against a ceasefi...

Office of Multicultural Affairs highlights the need for Government to invest in dedicated anti-racism work

4 June, 2025 - Greens Deputy Leader & spokesperson for Anti-Racism Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to the Albanese Government’s establishment of the Of...

Superannuation tax

4 June, 2025 - The Greens look forward to working constructively with Treasurer Jim Chalmers to make sure the proposed tax on the superannuation accounts of the...

GREENS SLAM STATE LABOR GOVERNMENT FOR LEAVING CRISIS UNITS EMPTY AMID FAMILY VIOLENCE CRISIS 

4 June, 2025 - The Victorian Greens have condemned the Labor Government for failing to fund the operation of 28 high-security crisis units for women and childre...

Labor’s Aged Care Act deferral a brief reprieve for older people who will be forced to pay more

4 June, 2025 - The Greens have cautiously welcomed the deferral of the major parties’ Aged Care Act to 1 November, which will provide a brief reprieve for older...

Raising the rate crucial to tackling violence against women

4 June, 2025 - The Australian Greens have urged the Albanese Government to urgently lift income support recipients out of poverty and put an end to the punitive...

Senator Barbara Pocock to take up housing fight

4 June, 2025 - The Greens have named Senator Barbara Pocock as the party’s new housing spokesperson, in recognition of her significant achievements in the last ...

Greens Leader announces portfolios for the 48th Parliament, will make women's safety a priority of leadership

4 June, 2025 - Leader of the Australian Greens Senator Larissa Waters has announced the party’s new portfolio allocations ahead of parliament returning in July....

Labor-Shooters Coalition set to hijack environment in deal with the devil

3 June, 2025 - The Minns Labor Government is repeating mistakes made 22 years ago by giving into demands from the gun lobby. The NSW Parliament is set to vote o...

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...

FWC 3.5% increase good news, but further to go to address historical decline in real wages

3 June, 2025 - The Fair Work Commission’s 3.5% increase is good news for workers, but there is still more work to be done to restore the purchasing power of the...

Circular solutions create a new normal

2 June, 2025 - Ballina Shire Council has been awarded $34,200 by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to help deliver innovative local waste and recyc...