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Stuck in the Slow Lane

30 October, 2021 - The performance of Australian Governments in incentivizing behavioural change to reduce the carbon footprint of Australian households By M...

OF GOOD AND UGLY ANTHEMS

30 October, 2021 - How America chose the wrong anthem and then destroyed the meaning of the one they should have chosen By Rob Delves, Green Issue Co-editor ...

Welcome Dorinda

30 October, 2021 - Dorinda Cox becomes the first Aboriginal woman Senator from WA By Alison Xamon [As read into Hansard by Hon. Brad Pettitt MLC at Dorind...

Australia's lightweight NDC is a roadmap for self destruction

29 October, 2021 - Following the release of Australia’s Nationally Determined Contribution, Greens Leader Adam Bandt MP has joined the chorus of international c...

International students must not face discrimination

29 October, 2021 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that arrangements for the return of international students to Austra...

More people in prison despite less crime, Productivity Commission report finds

29 October, 2021 -   Today, the Productivity Commission released their research paper: Australia’s Prison Dilemma. The paper reports that imprisonment rates ha...

More trees to climate proof our city

29 October, 2021 - The majority of new residential developments will be required to have at least 20% tree canopy coverage under proposed Draft Variation 369&nb...

More trees and green spaces in new residential developments

29 October, 2021 - A proposed variation to the ACT Territory Plan will increase the requirements on new residential developments in Canberra for planting of tre...

Voter ID laws fix an imaginary problem while creating real ones

28 October, 2021 - The Greens say the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Voter Integrity) Bill 2021, introduced to parliament today, is more cynical Morrison Gove...

Greens urge Gov to sign Global Methane Pledge

28 October, 2021 - The Australian Greens have urged the Morrison-Joyce Government to join the Global Methane Pledge, saying the government’s finger pointing abo...

Amid UN alarm bells, Greens outline vital components of Net Zero

28 October, 2021 - With Scott Morrison’s fraudulent plan setting us up for climate failure, Greens Leader Adam Bandt has outlined the essential components of a ...

Kelp can help

28 October, 2021 - Angus Taylor was today quoted in The Australian saying, “no affordable, practical and large-scale way exists to reduce [methane from agricult...

Government's North East Link announcement 'shameless greenwashing'

28 October, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have called today’s North East Link announcement ‘shameless greenwashing’ and say the project will be an environmental a...

Canberra’s tree canopy continues to grow

28 October, 2021 - New data highlights important progress made under Canberra’s Urban Forest Strategy, as the city’s tree canopy continues to grow towards our a...

Voter ID laws a Trumpian culture war tactic from a desperate government

27 October, 2021 - The Greens say proposed voter identification laws are a solution in search of a problem that will only serve to disenfranchise voters who are...