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Greens offer full support for workers and unions with the introduction of paid reproductive health leave bill

25 March, 2025 - As Dutton declares his intention to make life harder for workers the Greens are doubling down on supporting workers rights with a groundbreakin...

Environment laws are supposed to protect the environment, not green-light destruction

24 March, 2025 - Comments attributable to Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens Spokesperson for the Environment and Water. “These rushed laws will gut Australi...

Labor’s budget savings on consultants don’t go far enough

24 March, 2025 - Labor has consistently refused to separate the amount spent on consultants from the overall spend on external contractors so it’s impossible to...

Queensland public school deal locks in underfunding for another decade

24 March, 2025 - Federal Labor’s school funding agreement today with the Queensland Government guarantees that another generation of public school kids will nev...

Labor must rule out trashing environment laws if they want to truly protect nature

22 March, 2025 - Senator Sarah Hanson Young, Greens Spokesperson for the Environment and Water has responded to the Albanese Government's environment announceme...

$4 billion to Sovereign Defence Capacity

22 March, 2025 - The Greens today launched a policy that will reallocate $4 billion from savings within the Defence budget towards domestic production capabilit...

Greens propose new ‘Climate Response Service’ to aid flood and fire response

22 March, 2025 - Australia would have a Climate Response Service to put thousands of people on the ground and help prepare for fires, floods, and cyclones; and ...

Still no consequences for PwC tax scandal

21 March, 2025 - Assistant Treasurer, Stephen Jones has claimed that the government has not forgotten the PwC tax leaks scandal even though it’s been two years ...

 Greens plan to save and expand Tasmanian Antarctic science jobs

21 March, 2025 - Renewed Antarctic science funding is urgently needed to stop an exodus of Antarctic researchers from the University of Tasmania and prevent the...

ACCC supermarket report

21 March, 2025 - The ACCC’s report on the supermarket duopoly’s market domination and price gouging once again highlights the need to make price gouging illegal...

Australians won't be bullied by Trump's tech oligarchs

21 March, 2025 - Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has responded to the calls from US tech billionaires for Donald Trump to “punish” Australia for our world lea...

Greens call to establish a Workplace Racial Equality Agency to combat racism in the workplace

21 March, 2025 - On the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (IDERD), Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson for Anti-Racism, Senator M...

ELECTION PLEDGE: Greens announce plan to end homelessness funded by taxing the big banks

20 March, 2025 - ELECTION PLEDGE: Greens announce plan to end homelessness funded by taxing the big banks The Greens will today launch their plan to end home...

Labor’s welfare payment claims are a cruel joke

20 March, 2025 - The Greens say Labor’s claim that today’s 22 cents a day indexation of JobSeeker will help with cost-of-living pressures is an insult to the hu...

States again forced to go it alone on critical product stewardship schemes

19 March, 2025 - The Greens have condemned the Albanese government’s failure to act on its promises to legislate legally binding national schemes for ...