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Greens say new late-night A380 service shows need for curfew at Brisbane Airport

29 January, 2024 - From October 1, flights EK430 (Dubai to Brisbane) and EK431 (Brisbane to Dubai), will be serviced by A380s, the world’s largest passenger pla...

Asbestos contamination in playgrounds is just the tip of the iceberg

29 January, 2024 - The recent discovery of contaminated mulch in the Rozelle Parklands and other sites around Sydney has triggered a broader examination of how ...

“End the blatant hypocrisy” - Faruqi calls on Wong to restore funding to UNRWA

29 January, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson for International Aid and Global Justice, Senator Mehreen Faruqi has urged the Labor government to reve...

Labor's 'spineless' decision will send thousands of waterbirds to slaughter

29 January, 2024 - The Victorian Greens have said the Victorian Labor Government are cowards if reports are true they plan to green-light yet another duck shoot...

Three times the average wage earner’s tax cut going to billionaires, CEOs and politicians: Greens

26 January, 2024 - Responding to Labor’s reheated Stage 3 tax cuts announcements, the Greens - who have opposed the Stage 3 tax cuts package since their incepti...

“Spare no expense”: Tamara Smith MP calls for further action to stamp out fire ants

25 January, 2024 - Tamara Smith MP, Greens Member for Ballina, is calling on the Minister for Agriculture Tara Moriarty to take further action to eradicate red-...

Redirect fossil fuel subsidies to accelerate community-led energy transition

25 January, 2024 - The Greens say $11 billion in annual federal subsidies to polluting fossil fuel companies should be phased out and the money redirected to ac...

Greens back class action against public housing demolition

25 January, 2024 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed reports of a class action being launched against the Victorian Labor Government’s plan to demolish 44 publ...

Calls for action on harmful chemical sprays

25 January, 2024 - Continued wet conditions in some agricultural areas have brought forward concerns about the types of chemicals being used in spraying operati...

Stage 3 was designed to turbocharge inequality: Greens

24 January, 2024 - The Greens have said that given the Stage 3 tax cuts were designed to worsen economic inequality in Australia, Labor would have to make some ...

Better care for our community, with continuation of second PACER team

24 January, 2024 - The ACT Government will continue funding the second Police, Ambulance and Clinician Early Response (PACER) team, to provide better care and s...

Statement on the Commonwealth inquiry into how justice system handles sexual violence

23 January, 2024 - Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement on the Australian Law Reform Commission’s (ALRC) inquiry...

$1.5m awarded to clubs to diversify revenue streams and promote sustainability

23 January, 2024 - The ACT Government has awarded a total of more than $1.5 million to seven applicants for the tier 2 funding round of the Diversification and ...

Victoria spends less on social housing per person than any other state

23 January, 2024 - The Victorian Greens have said the Victorian Labor Government is making the housing crisis worse, following the release of the latest Product...

Greens call on Victorian Government to fund pharmacotherapy prescribers

23 January, 2024 - The Victorian Greens have called for state-funded pharmacotherapy prescribers, following reports a clinic in Frankston is about to close. ...