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Community and MPs united in call for support for India

12 May, 2021 - Representatives from across the Indian diaspora in Australia, together with State and Federal Greens MPs, held a press conference on 10 May calli...

Not enough to fix broken aged care and mental health systems, fails to address poverty

11 May, 2021 - “This budget is a surplus of scatter gun approaches and tinkering around the edges.  “This is a budget that continues the ongoing disdain this Go...

BUDGET 2021: Budget a pre-election gift to Liberals' billionaire mates

11 May, 2021 - Tonight’s Budget is a pre-election sweetener that fails to make billionaires and big corporations pay their fair share of tax, while growing ineq...

Join the ACT Climate Change Council

11 May, 2021 - Applications are now open for new members to join the ACT Climate Change Council. Minister for Emissions Reduction Shane Rattenbury is encoura...

Greens seek to build a better normal in Gungahlin’s Town Centre

11 May, 2021 - An ACT Greens motion in the Legislative Assembly today seeks to improve livability in Gungahlin as infill targets and affordable housing targets ...

It's gas vs renewables: Greens call on Labor to join fight against Liberal's 'gas-led recovery'

7 May, 2021 - Plans to spend nearly $60 million more of taxpayers money on gas projects will result in a slower transition to renewable energy in Australia. Bud...

Swift parrots’ future being cut down

7 May, 2021 - More than 50 swift parrots have been sighted in Canberra over the past week, as the critically endangered bird migrates from Tasmania to mainland ...

Spoiler alert: Evidence-based respectful relationships education works

6 May, 2021 - The Australian Greens have welcomed today’s release of the positive evaluation of Our Watch’s primary school education program, Respectful Relatio...

US patent waiver support leaves Australia isolated

6 May, 2021 - The Greens are calling on the Morrison Government to support the patent waiver on COVID-19 vaccines. The Greens say that the United States’ announ...

Parliament set to inquire into Floodplain Harvesting following disallowance

6 May, 2021 - Cate Faehrmann, Greens MP and spokesperson for water has given notice of a select committee into the NSW Government’s management of Floodplain Har...

EV tax passes lower house, bringing Victoria one step closer to becoming a laughing stock

6 May, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have urged the upper house to block the Victorian Labor Government’s proposed tax on people who drive electric vehicles, foll...

Kicking the Gas Habit - Shane Rattenbury Op-ed

6 May, 2021 - By Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, Shane Rattenbury  Australia’s so-called “gas led recovery” is shaping up to be even more h...

Greens call out Government's gas greenwash

5 May, 2021 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, has called out the increasing greenwashing of the government’s gas agenda. The Greens have emphasised since the proclam...

Privatising Reef protection the wrong way to go

5 May, 2021 - The ‘Implementation of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation Partnership’ audit report has confirmed longstanding concerns from the Greens of a dodgy ...

Budget must address mental health crisis

5 May, 2021 - The Greens say fixing Australia’s mental health crisis must be a budget priority. “At the moment mental health care is not accessible, it’s unaffo...