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Uni students and young Australians to cop it in Turnbull’s Budget

1 May, 2017 - The Australian Greens are concerned that, in the lead up to the Federal Budget, the government’s loyalties seem to lie with property investors and...

Queensland Greens give evidence to Crime and Corruption Commission on ways to clean up local government

1 May, 2017 - At today’s hearings of the Crime and Corruption Commission into the conduct of local government elections, the Queensland Greens will renew their ...

Where are the leaders with disabilities?

1 May, 2017 - Christina Ryan Australians with disabilities sit on boards, lead teams, run organisations, and represent our communities from the local level righ...

Your input matters

1 May, 2017 - Rod Swift and Catherine Garner One of the unique factors that sets the Greens apart from other parties is that our members determine our policies....

Improving diversity of voices at National Conference

1 May, 2017 - Alex Schlotzer To make sure we're doing something proactive about diversity, we signed off on the establishment of the national Multicultural Com...

Exciting days at Global Greens Congress

1 May, 2017 - Gösta Lyngå The 4th Congress of the Global Greens was joined by almost 2000 Greens from around 100 countries, meeting at an excellent venue in Liv...

Call for cooling-off period when public companies poach public sector executives

30 April, 2017 - TOP bureaucrats and government executives should be stopped from parachuting straight into big business, ­according to a state MP. Upper House ...

Turnbull turns the screws on struggling students

29 April, 2017 - The Australian Greens have slammed the Turnbull Government for its planned attack on Australian university students in the 2017 budget. “This i...

Breach illustrates massive metadata regime flaws: Greens

28 April, 2017 - The misuse of the metadata retention scheme perfectly illustrates the numerous flaws in the Labor/Liberal mass-surveillance laws, the Australia...

Westpac’s Adani decision puts Palaszczuk and Turnbull on notice on $1 billion handout

28 April, 2017 - The Australian Greens congratulated the #StopAdani movement and welcomed Westpac’s refusal to help Adani wreck our climate and kill the Great B...

A strong social safety net is not ‘bad debt’, it is a duty of care and an investment

27 April, 2017 - Treasurer Scott Morrison’s speech to economists today that refers to ‘bad debt’ as ‘racking up debts’ for welfare payments shows his lack of un...

Greens celebrate community win, protecting local beach and birdlife

27 April, 2017 - Responding to a recent ban on racehorse training on Killarney Beach near Warrnambool, Greens Senator for Victoria Janet Rice today congratulate...

That time the Government adopted Greens Economic Policy

27 April, 2017 - Today the Government has seemingly adopted the Greens economic policy of seperating out recurrent spending from capital in the budget. Here is ...