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Words will do nothing for bank competition, only a People’s Bank will

30 August, 2018 - Greens Finance Spokesperson, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, says there is no point in Scott Morrison repeating the exact phrase said ad nauseum b...

PC draft report shows Murray Darling Basin Plan is doomed

30 August, 2018 - The Greens are calling on the National Party to lose the Water Ministry following the release of the Productivity Commission’s damning draft r...

Barnaby Joyce should look to Cubbie Station for water

28 August, 2018 - Barnaby Joyce’s first act as drought envoy is to attempt to tear apart the basis of the Murray Darling Basin Plan, the Greens say.   “Barnaby...

Stand aside, Littleproud

28 August, 2018 - REISSUED   The Australian Greens are calling on Water Minister David Littleproud to stand aside after fraud charges were laid against his wife...

Greens call on federal government to pressure Malaysia over LGBTIQ crackdown

28 August, 2018 - The Greens are calling on the federal government to immediately raise the strongest of concerns with the Malaysian government about oppression...

Giving Robert financial regulation responsibility shows contempt for Royal Commission

28 August, 2018 - Greens Treasury Spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, comments on the new Prime Minister's appointment of Stuart Robert MP as Assistant Tr...

Morrison's Ministry gives middle finger to climate change and renewable energy.

27 August, 2018 - Morrison's Ministry gives middle finger to climate change and renewable energy. Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP to...

Morrison’s Cabinet is an attack on the environment and climate action

27 August, 2018 - The Prime Minister’s new Cabinet line-up is a direct attack on the environment and the health of the planet, Greens Environment spokesperson S...

Greens say School Funding Should be Guided by Need and Equity, Not Politics

26 August, 2018 - Australian Greens Education Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi,has said that need and equity, not desperate electoral strategies, should gui...

Liberals "rotten to the core": Di Natale

24 August, 2018 - The election of Scott Morrison as Liberal Leader won’t solve the infighting and self-interest that has paralysed Australian politics for a dec...

Corporate tax cut defeat is a win for communities

22 August, 2018 - The Australian Greens have welcomed the defeat of the Liberal Government’s corporate tax cuts Bill in the Senate today.   “South Australians c...

Greens announce new Senate portfolios

22 August, 2018 - The Australian Greens today announced portfolio allocations for their Senators and MPs ahead of the upcoming Federal Election. Australian Gree...

Live Exports License Cancellation Welcome But We Need to a Total Ban

22 August, 2018 - Australian Greens Senator and Animal Welfare Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has welcomed the cancellation of Emmanuel Exports live expo...

Labor and Liberal Government block expanding community vote on nuclear waste

22 August, 2018 - Labor and the Liberal Government have teamed up to block a Greens motion seeking to extend the community vote on a nuclear waste dump being bu...

'We will finally get a chance to be heard': Thalidomide Group Australia

21 August, 2018 - Tuesday, 21 August Thalidomide Group Australia – a group representing forgotten survivors of the pharmaceutical disaster - said today they wer...