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National Cabinet a disgraceful missed opportunity

1 May, 2024 - Reacting to the National Cabinet communique, Greens spokesperson on Women and Leader in the Senate Larissa Waters said: “What a deeply underwhe...

Mobilising for nature conservation, Government inaction on biodiversity called out

1 May, 2024 - In August last year, a review into the NSW Biodiversity Conservation laws slammed the failure of laws to protect the environment. The Government c...

Greens welcome targets to increase CALD leadership in the APS

30 April, 2024 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader Senator Mehreen Faruqi, who has long advocated for the need to increase the representation of people of colour ...

Release of the Sexual Assault (Police) Review

30 April, 2024 - The Sexual Assault (Police) Review Report recommends changes to improve system response to sexual crime. It examined 684 sexual assault cases r...

Greens call on Plibersek to urgently halt bulldozers at Lee Point

30 April, 2024 - Video & images of bulldozers at Lee Point this morning & Senator Hanson-Young's tour  Letter to Minister Plibersek at...

Kiwarrak betrayed, koala extinction logging to proceed despite unanimous support for flora reserve

30 April, 2024 - Logging is planned to continue in Kiwarrak State Forest on the Central Coast despite a unanimously supported motion in the NSW Parliament that ...

Greens' plan to crack down on Airbnb could free up thousands more homes, while Labor's levy would do very little

30 April, 2024 - A Victorian Greens’ plan to introduce strong short-stay regulations across the state could free up thousands more homes for people to live in, ...

Strengthening supports for renters with hardship grants and clear tenancy advice

29 April, 2024 - The ACT Government has emailed all tenants and landlords with a registered bond in the ACT to inform them about the Government’s Rent Relief Fu...

The nation said NO MORE gendered violence, now we need our government to act

29 April, 2024 - Lines attributable to Greens leader in the Senate and spokesperson on women, Larissa Waters “Thousands of people joined marches around the c...

Labor ignores its own Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee two years running

26 April, 2024 - The Greens have slammed Labor for ignoring the recommendations of its own hand-picked advisory body two years in a row, calling for an immediat...

Labor’s MIA in Perth on Mental Health Supports

26 April, 2024 - The Chair of Mental Health Australia has resigned because the Labor government has failed to take sufficient action on mental health policy. ...

Government can take action on men’s violence without waiting Royal Commission

26 April, 2024 - A Royal Commission could draw further attention to this epidemic, but we already know what needs to be done to reduce and eliminate violence ag...

Australia exported $1.5 million worth of weapons to Israel in February 2024, fresh DFAT data shows

26 April, 2024 - Just published data from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade shows that in February 2024 alone Australia directly exported over $1.5 mi...

Australia exported $1.5 million worth of weapons to Israel in February 2024, fresh DFAT data shows

26 April, 2024 - Just published data from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade shows that in February 2024 alone Australia directly exported over $1.5 mi...

Help make Canberra the world’s age-friendliest city

26 April, 2024 - Minister for Community Services, Seniors and Veterans Emma Davidson has opened community consultations on a ten-year plan to make Canberra a gr...