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Labor to block Greens’ Helium Balloon Release Ban, Ignoring Environmental Risks

8 August, 2024 - Despite overwhelming evidence of the harmful impact on marine life and birds, the NSW Labor Government has announced its opposition to the Gree...

Recycled soils crackdown 6 months overdue

8 August, 2024 - Reports that the contamination of landscaping products has not been resolved , despite the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) knowing about...

Labor must go further on early childhood educator wages

8 August, 2024 - Australian Greens Early Childhood Education and Care spokesperson Senator Steph Hodgins-May says Labor's promise to increase early childhood ed...

Labor breaks election promise and cuts funding to key public housing development

7 August, 2024 - The Victorian Greens have slammed Labor for cutting funding for hundreds of public and community homes, including at Fitzroy Gasworks, as they ...

Online calculator to help tenants and landlords manage fair rent increases

7 August, 2024 - Navigating rent increases just became easier for Canberrans following the launch of an online rent increase calculator. The free, user-friendly...

Platypus Month is back for 2024

6 August, 2024 - Canberrans are invited to join one of 28 group surveys during August to help get a better understanding of platypus numbers in the rivers and c...

New paper reveals unfit forest surveys killing wildlife and driving the extinction crisis

5 August, 2024 - Groundbreaking research published today by fourteen of Australia’s premier forest scientists has revealed the extent of the destruction of nati...

Albanese politicising terror threat levels doesn’t keep us safe

5 August, 2024 - Prime Minister Albanese's choice to use a change in the official terror alert level to air political grievances is both divisive and irresponsi...

Gambling ad ban best odds for kids, families and sports fans

5 August, 2024 - Responding to reports that the Albanese Government are shying away from strong gambling reform, Greens spokesperson for communications Senator ...

Greens call on Labor to scrap the caps on international students in the face of overwhelming opposition

5 August, 2024 - Ahead of a Senate Committee Inquiry hearing into the Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill 2024 on Tu...

Plibersek must reject Woodside gas project, or risk climate vandalism

5 August, 2024 - The Australian Greens have called on the Environment Minister to urgently reject Woodside’s Browse gas project, saying it would amount to envir...

Damning out-of-home care report says nothing we didn’t already know

5 August, 2024 - Today’s damning report from the Advocate for Children and Young People is just the latest in decades of damning reports into the New South Wale...

Greens urge Labor to support a right to housing for Victorians

5 August, 2024 - As homelessness week begins and the housing sector descends into a worsening crisis the Greens are calling on the Victorian Labor Government to...

Greens accuse Prime Minister of sending in the Trojan Horse at Garma

3 August, 2024 - The Australian Greens have accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of sending in the trojan horse of economic development, the week before the ...

Binskin’s report whitewashes Israeli attack on World Central Kitchen aid workers

2 August, 2024 - Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and International Aid spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the assertion in the report by S...