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Press freedom under the microscope as Senate launches inquiry

23 July, 2019 - Freedom of the press and whistle-blower protection will finally get the hearing they deserve as the Senate votes in favour of an inquiry to be c...

TAYLOR'S 'OPEN MIND' ON NUCLEAR ENERGY IS FRIGHTENING: BANDT

23 July, 2019 - TAYLOR'S 'OPEN MIND' ON NUCLEAR ENERGY IS FRIGHTENING: BANDT   07/23/2019 Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said...

Murray-Darling Royal Commission debate begins

22 July, 2019 - The Greens Bill for a Commission of Inquiry into the Murray-Darling was debated this morning in the Senate.   “Today the Senate finally began th...

Murray-Darling in the spotlight as Parliament set to debate Royal Commission

22 July, 2019 - The debate on establishing a Royal Commission into the Murray-Darling will begin today in the Senate, with a Greens Bill to establish a commissi...

Press freedom under threat as French journalists arrested reporting on Adani

22 July, 2019 - Further police crackdown on journalists highlights importance of Senate inquiry into press freedom, Greens say.   “The arrest of journalists in ...

New TAFE Decline Data shows Morrison Government Needs to Reverse Course and Invest in VET

20 July, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator and Spokesperson for Education, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has said that new TAFE data released today shows the continued decl...

Manus Island

19 July, 2019 - Australian Greens Immigration Spokesperson Nick McKim has been ordered to leave Manus Island on the sixth anniversary of the commencement of ind...

Federal Government must Intervene to Reverse the Decline in Public Housing

18 July, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator and Spokesperson for Housing, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has responded to today’s Australian Institute of Health and Research ...

Media Release: Climate Justice Must Be Central to Foreign Aid Program

18 July, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator and Spokesperson for International Development, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has said that climate justice must be central to Au...

Great Australian Bight must be protected

17 July, 2019 - The government must rule out drilling in the Great Australian Bight rather than passing the buck to the regulator, Greens say.   “Pressure from ...

Greens call for urgent Australian Government action in the face of cultural genocide of Uighur people

16 July, 2019 - Following Four Corners last night, which showed families being torn apart by the Chinese Government’s mass incarceration of Uighurs and other Mu...

Greens call for urgent Australian Government action in the face of cultural genocide of Uighur people

16 July, 2019 - Following Four Corners last night, which showed families being torn apart by the Chinese Government’s mass incarceration of Uighurs and other Mu...

TAYLOR WILL TRY AND AVOID CLIMATE ACTION FOREVER: GREENS

11 July, 2019 - Greens climate change and energy spokesperson and Acting Leader, Adam Bandt MP, today said that Angus Taylor’s apparent refusal to convene the C...

Media Release: Minister Howarth’s Homelessness Gaffe Shows He Is Completely Out of Touch

10 July, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator and Housing Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has called the Assistant Minister for Community Housing, Homelessness and...

Nuclear waste dump process must be independent

10 July, 2019 - The Greens have called for the process to select a nuclear waste site to be halted, and an independent, expert panel to take over, amid deep con...