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Consequences for cotton farmer who ripped off the river

22 March, 2019 - The Australian Greens are renewing calls for a federal Royal Commission into the Murray Darling Basin following the conviction of a NSW cotton ...

Greens announce plan for federal fracking ban

22 March, 2019 - The Greens will move to protect Australia’s precious groundwater by extending the ‘water trigger’ to all types of unconventional gas mining as ...

20 Questions with Willisa Hogarth

22 March, 2019 - (Jacinda) Ardern, ’Boys Will Be Boys’ and coffee – we find out the ABCs of what makes the Australian Greens’ National Co-Convenor Willisa Hogar...

One day out - Greens NSW MPs demand action on climate change and scoff at claims of deal with Shooters

22 March, 2019 - Greens MPs have laid out their demands for action on climate change and confirmed the party will never do a deal with the Shooters party at a p...

Greens announce $20 million Camden Hospital & Macarthur area healthcare upgrade

22 March, 2019 - The Greens have today committed to a $20 million investment in Camden Hospital and community palliative care for the Campbelltown and Camden ar...

Welcome to EverGreen

22 March, 2019 - In 2016, the Greens established our gifts in wills program as a very special way for our supporters to help build a future for all of us. Today...

Tired and angry: why we need Julian Burnside in Parliament

22 March, 2019 - Political leaders are treating Australians – and our environment, climate and humanitarian interests – with disrespect and disdain. That’s why ...

National policy changes and exciting opportunities

22 March, 2019 - It’s been a busy few years for our policy team, who’ve done some incredible work since the 2016 election. And they’ve got a lot more ahead of t...

Are we changing the system or is it changing us?

22 March, 2019 - Electoral politics call upon those engaging in it to play by certain ethics-warping rules. But if you accept and follow those rules for long en...

20 Questions with Kristin O’Connell

22 March, 2019 - (Obscure) apps, Bokor Mountain and (black) coffee – we find out the ABCs of what makes Petersham-Newtown group member and former Australian Gre...

Greens Senator Receives 1.3 million Change.org petition Against Senator Fraser Anning

21 March, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator for NSW and Australia's first Muslim woman Senator, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has received more than 1.3 million signatures ...

Greens Environment Commission would fund and track threatened species recovery

21 March, 2019 - Reports that the Federal Government has not kept track of threatened species recovery shows the need for the Greens’ proposal to strengthen env...

Restore Territory Rights so Assembly can debate and legislate: ACT Greens

21 March, 2019 - As the Assembly’s end of life committee wraps up, the Greens today again called on the Federal Government to lift restrictions barring the ACT ...

Greens move to abolish ticket voting in WA

21 March, 2019 - Greens spokesperson for Electoral Affairs Hon Alison Xamon MLC will today introduce legislation to amend the Electoral Act 1907 (WA) to abolish...