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Guarantees needed in Murray-Darling Basin Plan

10 November, 2023 - Responding to the release of the Senate inquiry report into the Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023, Senator Hanson-Young, Gree...

Report for the Inquiry of Disability Services and Inclusion Bill tabled. 

9 November, 2023 - The Community Affairs References Committee has today tabled a report on the inquiry into the Disability Services and Inclusion Bill. Th...

Senator Mehreen Faruqi’s statement on Senator Pauline Hanson

9 November, 2023 - “The Senate has rightly forced Senator Hanson to withdraw her unacceptable racist comments and held her to account for once. “This should ...

Greens win Optus Inquiry with public hearings, Senate powers

9 November, 2023 - The Greens have secured a public-facing Senate Inquiry into the significant Optus outage that affected millions on November 8. The Inquiry wi...

Greens welcome High Court’s rejection of indefinite detention

9 November, 2023 - The Greens celebrate the High Court's landmark ruling against indefinite immigration detention, dismantling a two-decade-long bipartisan regi...

School refusal affects two in five families: survey

8 November, 2023 - The Greens say new polling showing that two in five families are experiencing school refusal/school can’t reinforces the need for urgent acti...

Labor abandons environmental agenda in favour for Sea Dumping Bill

8 November, 2023 - The Greens condemn Labor for abandoning its environmental agenda and prioritising the Sea Dumping Amendment Bill – legislation specifically d...

RBA and Labor opt for class war instead of fixing inflation

7 November, 2023 - The Reserve Bank's decision to raise interest rates for the 13th time with the acquiescence and approval of the Labor Government is a continu...

Greens back Pacific call on coal and gas

7 November, 2023 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt has backed calls by current and former Pacific leaders for Australia to end support for more coal and gas ahead of P...

Wide support for cannabis legalisation in Senate submissions

6 November, 2023 - There is strong support from more than a dozen key stakeholders across the country for the Greens plan to legalise cannabis. The support come...

Greens estimates push forces Labor government to hire 3000 new Centrelink staff

6 November, 2023 - After the Greens pushed the Labor government in estimates – revealing dismal Centrelink call wait times, congestion messages and claims proce...

Greens secure consensus support to establish menopause inquiry

6 November, 2023 - The Greens have secured support for a Senate inquiry into menopause and perimenopause to understand its health impacts and its economic impac...

Greens boycott Question Time after Labor rejects ceasefire call on Gaza

6 November, 2023 - Monday November 6 2023 Today in Parliament the Labor Government again refused to support a call from the Greens for an immediate ceasefire...

Sea Dumping Bill exposes state capture at its finest

6 November, 2023 - The Greens condemn Labor and the Coalition for shamefully declaring their intention to pass the Sea Dumping Amendment Bill. This legislati...

Historic ADHD Senate Inquiry Final Report Released

6 November, 2023 - The final report of the Senate inquiry into attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis and support services in Australia ...