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$25 a week is a cruel joke

23 February, 2021 - Today is an extremely distressing day for the 1.5 million people on the JobSeeker and Youth Allowance payments who have now had confirmation...

ACT Government calls for ongoing commitment to raise the rate

23 February, 2021 - The ACT Government is calling on the Federal Government to do more than what has been announced today and commit to further increases in Job...

New data shows Youth Allowance is a "poverty sentence" for young, disabled Australians

22 February, 2021 - Australian Greens Disability Rights spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John has called for an urgent intervention to lift young, disabled pe...

Save the Koala laws debated in Senate

22 February, 2021 - The Senate has today debated new laws introduced by the Australian Greens to save our koalas. Greens Environment Spokesperson Senator Sarah ...

Greens say Government needs to step up support for local mRNA facilities 

22 February, 2021 - The Greens say that the Government will miss out on opportunities to expand and diversify Australia’s vaccine portfolio if they don’t invest...

Government to finally investigate Crown, despite years of inaction

22 February, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have said the Andrews Labor Government's decision to establish a royal commission after years of leniency and inaction ...

Another internal review just continues the cover-up

19 February, 2021 - The Prime Minister has asked his former chief of staff, now head of his own department, to investigate what Prime Minister’s office knew abo...

Six battery providers powering Next Gen program

19 February, 2021 - Six eligible battery installers are now part of the ACT Government’s Next Generation Energy Storage (Next Gen) program, providing more optio...

Conflict of interest for Fuller league plans

19 February, 2021 - The appointment of the current Police Commissioner to the ARL Commission presents a clear conflict of interest for the highly paid public se...

Six battery providers powering Next Gen program

19 February, 2021 - Six eligible battery installers are now part of the ACT Government’s Next Generation Energy Storage (Next Gen) program, providing more optio...

An election, COVID, JobSeeker cuts and dirty money: welcome to 2021

19 February, 2021 - It has been a pretty strange 12 months for everyone, and it looks to get even stranger. Once again, the coming year will be defined by COVID...

What happens in WA affects us all: Why next month’s state election matters

19 February, 2021 - Western Australia’s state election is on March 13th, with many people expected to vote early from February 22nd. Greens MLC and Spokesperson...

The results are in on the Greens’ 2020/21 supporter survey

19 February, 2021 - Thousands of you recently took time out to respond to our latest supporter survey, which is invaluable to shaping the work we do – especiall...

Why we need to change the electoral system

19 February, 2021 - Australia’s single-member district system creates two-party dominance that makes it more difficult for the Greens to become a partner in gov...

Getting to know our new MPs: Andrew Braddock

19 February, 2021 - 2020 was a huge year for the Greens around the country – particularly in the ACT, where we tripled our representation in the Assembly at the...