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22 February, 2019 - Real progress happens when people come together – particularly as we approach the federal election. So we‘re putting the call-out for volunt...

A global learning experience down under

22 February, 2019 - Every two years, Green parties from more than a dozen countries come together to share ideas, learn about campaigning and discuss pressing i...

Cotton, corruption and climate change

22 February, 2019 - No matter how many times the PM tells us to pray for rain, the catastrophic state of the Murray Darling is not the result of drought nor an ...

Bramble Cay Melomys extinction the tip of the iceberg: Greens

21 February, 2019 - The first mammal to go extinct in the world from climate change, the Bramble Cay Melomys, is just the tip of the iceberg, say the Australian...

A Home For All: The Greens Plan for 500,000 New Public & Community Homes

21 February, 2019 - The Australian Greens have a plan to more than double the amount of social housing across Australia by building 500,000 new ecologically sus...

Greens MP admits to trying MDMA as party introduces bill for pill testing

21 February, 2019 - 9 News:  Victorian Greens MP Ellen Sandell has admitted to trying drugs while a student as her party pushes for pill testing following a spate of festival deaths.

Canavan lies on Bight oil exposed

20 February, 2019 - The Minister for Mining and Resources Matt Canavan has been exposed for lying about any oil from the Great Australian Bight staying in Austr...

Shorten capitulates on Medevac Bill

20 February, 2019 - “Just when you begin to hope that the Labor Party was starting to find a backbone on refugees, Bill Shorten has gone to water,” said Austral...

Greens call on Labor to back Marles over coal

20 February, 2019 - Greens call on Labor to back Marles over coal Greens climate change and energy spokesperson, Adam Bandt MP, responded today to the comments...

Canberra Liberals should back ACT democracy on drug law reform: ACT Greens

20 February, 2019 - The ACT Greens have today urged the Canberra Liberals to reaffirm their support for the Territory’s democratic processes when it comes to pr...

Call on major parties to back broader reforms to give renters a better deal: ACT Greens

20 February, 2019 - Ahead of tomorrow’s Residential Tenancies Act debate tomorrow, the ACT Greens have urged the major parties to back a raft of major reforms t...

Greens pitch higher education reform to Canberra’s 20% students, staff and researchers

20 February, 2019 - On ANU Market Day, the Greens are releasing analysis of 2016 Census data showing that the new seat of Canberra leads Australia in the propor...

Families in limbo: Minister fails to release Inner City High School catchment review

20 February, 2019 - Families living around Redfern and Darlington have been left in limbo, after the Education Minister announced a review of the catchment for ...

Greens will fight Bight plans

19 February, 2019 - Equinor is moving full steam ahead to drill in the Bight and The Greens are fighting to stop them.   “We cannot let this project go ahead. E...

Greens call for NSW to put a price on carbon to reach net zero emissions by 2040

19 February, 2019 - The Greens NSW have today announced a policy to introduce a state-based price on carbon to reach net zero emissions by 2040, saying tha...