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This long weekend, Canberra looks to Vision Zero

9 March, 2018 - Shane Rattenbury, MLA With three lives already lost on ACT roads this year, the ACT Government is again calling on Canberrans to drive safety an...

People power can defeat TPP

9 March, 2018 - The Greens stand with the Australian community in the fight to defeat the corporation-serving Trans Pacific Partnership. “The Greens will fight ...

Berkman stands with Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners Council

9 March, 2018 - Queensland Greens MP, Michael Berkman, the Member for Maiwar, today stands once again beside the Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners Counci...

Commonwealth urged to work as a matter of urgency to achieve redress in WA

9 March, 2018 - WA Greens Senator Rachel Siewert and Alison Xamon MLC welcome the Victorian and NSW Governments agreeing to sign up to a national redress scheme...

Diane Evers' February Update

8 March, 2018 - Hon Diane Evers Hello everyone! I took a short break over Christmas to spend some time in Albany with my husband Tony and my four lovely a...

Green Issue: Editorial February 2018

8 March, 2018 - The Green Issue Editors This issue begins with an international perspective, highlighting the visit of the Peace Boat to Fremantle and remind...

Some Facts on Fracking

8 March, 2018 - Julie Scanlon Some years ago I watched the award winning documentary Gasland (2010), a film which focuses on communities in the United States...

Where there’s a will …. something will fall out of the sky!

8 March, 2018 - Rob Delves Christine Milne ‒ the dairy farmers daughter who became the Australian Greens leader – was obviously strongly influenced by Bob Br...

Greens support revocation of Westgate Tunnel planning approvals​

8 March, 2018 - Western metro MP Huong Truong says the Greens will today support the revocation of planning approvals for the Westgate Tunnel. The new toll road...

Greens call on Labor and Coalition to support bill to axe tampon tax

7 March, 2018 - The Greens today welcomed Deputy Labor Leader Tanya Plibersek's comments that she wants to see the GST on menstrual hygiene products scrapped an...

ACT Greens: Entertainment precincts will deliver for our ‘Cool Little Capital’

7 March, 2018 - The ACT Greens have today called on the Government to accelerate its efforts to deliver designated entertainment precincts in the Territory. ...

Greens call on Labor and Coalition to support bill to axe tampon tax

7 March, 2018 - The Greens today welcomed Deputy Labor Leader Tanya Plibersek's comments that she wants to see the GST on menstrual hygiene products scrapped an...

South Australian Greens welcome Sea Shepherd to SA

6 March, 2018 - The South Australian Greens have welcomed the Sea Shepherd crew aboard the M/Y Steve Irwin back to Adelaide, and pledge to fight to protect the ...

Leaked MDBA report a damning blow to community confidence

6 March, 2018 - The Turnbull Government and the Murray Darling Basin Authority have questions to answer, Greens water spokesperson Senator Sarah Hanson-Young ha...

Greens announce bold plan to tackle recycling crisis

6 March, 2018 - Greens NSW MP and spokesperson for the environment Cate Faehrmann is calling for 100% of the waste levy, or more than $2.1 billion over the next...