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Celebration of school communities rebuilt after the 2022 floods

4 December, 2023 - State Member for Ballina Tamara Smith MP has welcomed the completion of flood repairs, rebuilds, and infrastructure upgrades to two local pub...

People power win: Toowoomba North South Transport Corridor scrapped

4 December, 2023 - Greens welcome news today that the Queensland government has scrapped plans for the deeply unpopular Toowoomba North-South Transport Corridor...

Greens Launch Senate Inquiry into Supermarket Price Gouging

3 December, 2023 - The Greens will spearhead a select Senate inquiry into the price gouging of major supermarkets amid Australia's cost of living crisis. The...

School disruption report offers no answers for teachers or disadvantaged kids

1 December, 2023 - The interim report of the Liberal-dominated Senate inquiry into so-called “school disruption” fails to meaningfully address the underlying ca...

More Generals, fewer troops, Australian Defence Leadership topples over with the weight of gold braid

1 December, 2023 - Figures compiled for the Greens by the Parliamentary Library show a tremendously top-heavy Australian Defence Force with the number of flag o...

Publishing ministerial diaries an important, small step in improving Victoria's integrity standards

1 December, 2023 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed the Victorian Government’s decision to make ministerial diaries public, saying it will help strengthen the...

Centralised register for wills in the ACT

1 December, 2023 - A centralised ACT wills register will be set up to make it easier to lodge, find and retrieve wills after a person's death, and to prevent wi...

New magistrate for the ACT

1 December, 2023 - ACT Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury has today announced the appointment of Ms Alexandra Burt as a new Magistrate of the ACT Magistrates Cou...

Plibersek must act now to save skate

30 November, 2023 - Today's announcement by Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek that the future of fish farming in Macquarie Harbour needs to be r...

Emissions up as Labor approves new coal and gas

30 November, 2023 - With official emissions data revealing today that emissions under Labor have risen 3.6 million tonnes this year, the Greens have said that L...

NSW Upper House passed motion in support of Treaty with First Nations people

30 November, 2023 - A motion in support of a Treaty process passed the NSW Upper House last night, calling on the Government to work with the Parliament to ensu...

Labor’s new ‘Hard to Get’ housing policy tinkers at the edges while housing crisis gets worse

30 November, 2023 - Greens leader Adam Bandt has today responded to Labor’s shared equity scheme, calling it deeply inadequate and raising concerns that it coul...

Victorian Labor's refusal to sign on to Murray-Darling Basin plan will leave regional communities high and dry

30 November, 2023 - The Victorian Greens have urged the Victorian Labor Government to sign on to the new Murray-Darling Basin plan, citing concerns that local c...

Parliament passes breakthrough Murray-Darling law with Greens improvements

30 November, 2023 - Today the federal Parliament has passed a breakthrough law to protect the Murray-Darling Basin, with the Greens securing significant improve...

Damning report shows Victoria's ecosystems and threatened species are in significant decline

30 November, 2023 - A damning new report has found Victoria’s ecosystems and threatened species are in a far more dire situation now than they were five years a...