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Greens to save Great Barrier Reef with $2 billion plan

17 February, 2022 - Today in Cairns the Greens have announced a more than $2 billion plan to save the Great Barrier Reef and the workers who rely upon it for th...

Biggest coal power plant closure means urgent national climate and energy plan needed: Greens

17 February, 2022 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt MP says the closure announcement of Australia’s largest coal fired plant shows why Australia urgently needs a credi...

Country’s biggest coal-fired power station to close, this win for climate must also be a win for workers

17 February, 2022 - Australia's largest coal-fired power plant, the largest single source of carbon emissions in the country, will shut seven years early by 202...

Underfunded public schools a national disgrace

16 February, 2022 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to the latest analysis released by Save Our Schools this morni...

Expansion into Commonwealth waters smells fishy

16 February, 2022 - A controversial project to expand salmon farming into Commonwealth waters has come under fire from the Greens for its lack of transparency a...

Nurses and midwives ask for support, get a kick in the guts by Perrottet Government

16 February, 2022 - Reports that NSW Health is considering "taking action" against the thousands of nurses and midwives that went on strike for better condition...

Practical ways to strengthen community resilience

16 February, 2022 - Minister for Mental Health and Community Recovery Emma Davidson is encouraging all Canberrans to stay kind, connected and caring to strength...

Coalition responds 2277 days late to Senate Inquiry report

15 February, 2022 - The Morrison Government has responded six years late to a critical Senate Inquiry report on the regulation of the fin-fish aquaculture indus...

Romance scams give love a bad name

14 February, 2022 - This Valentine’s Day, Canberrans are being warned that scammers are using online romance to break your heart and empty your bank balance, wi...

Identity of Neo-Nazi Revealed to be Former Young Liberals Office Holder

12 February, 2022 - The Age has revealed that a man in a propaganda video depicting three masked Neo-Nazi’s is a former Young Liberals Office Holder. In the vid...

Continuing support for tenants during COVID

12 February, 2022 - Support measures have been extended until 13 May 2022 to continue to help struggling renters impacted by the COVID-19 public health emergenc...

Koala recovery plan must include moratorium on habitat clearing

11 February, 2022 - Greens Spokesperson for the Environment, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said: "Today's announcement that koalas are endangered is a national sha...

ACT leading nation’s gang-gang conservation

11 February, 2022 - The ACT is coordinating national recovery efforts for the gang-gang cockatoo after receiving Federal Government funding to establish and lea...

‘Akin to torture’: Greens call for urgent investigation into human rights violations at youth prison

10 February, 2022 - The Greens have called for an immediate investigation following alleged human rights violations in a children’s prison today, while again ca...

Greens call out Labor and Liberal weak stance on COP26 and Climate commitments

10 February, 2022 - Yesterday and today in the ACT Legislative Assembly, the leaders of the three parties tabled letters from their Federal counterparts stating...