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Greens say public ownership of Rex is the only option in Australians' best interests

12 February, 2025 - The Greens called on the government to consider public ownership of Rex following its entering administration in July last year, and welcome...

Yet another lacklustre student debt and housing announcement from Labor

12 February, 2025 - Greens Deputy Leader and Higher Education Spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi and Housing and Homelessness spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather ...

Greens announce amendments to cap “obscene” NBN Executive salaries & improve access, affordability for consumers

10 February, 2025 - The Greens will move amendments to the Government’s NBN legislation this week to cap NBN Co executive salaries, and require the NBN to be re...

Labor’s women’s health announcement shows Greens pressure works

9 February, 2025 - Responding to the government's women's health announcement on Sunday morning, Greens leader in the Senate and spokesperson on Women, Larissa ...

Beach Energy's fossil fuel expansion off Victoria & Tasmania's coasts must be scrapped

7 February, 2025 - The Greens are calling for the Albanese Government to reject Beach Energy’s grossly unpopular plans for new fossil fuel extraction ...

People’s Inquiry into Campus Free Speech on Palestine launches today

7 February, 2025 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi,  Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Higher Education Spokesperson, is pleased to join students, academics, the ...

Wine grape growers call for ACCC enforced Code

7 February, 2025 - The Senate Rural and Regional Affairs Committee will hear evidence today from the ACCC and Department of Agriculture in the second hearing of...

Greens slam major parties for delaying childcare reforms in Senate

6 February, 2025 - Greens early childhood education spokesperson Senator Steph Hodgins-May has slammed the Labor and Liberal parties for teaming up to defer the...

Labor have officially abandoned the environment in stunning capitulation to mining, logging lobby

5 February, 2025 - The Albanese Government has taken the extraordinary step of moving to discharge their own bill from the Senate Notice Paper, sounding the dea...

Labor must rule out Bass Strait Development 

5 February, 2025 - The Greens have today raised concerns about NOPSEMA’s regulation of the offshore fossil fuel industry following the government agency’s appro...

Albanese Government must condemn Trump’s latest attack on UNRWA & human rights

5 February, 2025 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader Senator Mehreen Faruqi has demanded that the Australian government unequivocally condemn President Trump’s de...

Greens offer pathway to pass gambling ad laws this fortnight

4 February, 2025 - The Greens have offered the Albanese Government a pragmatic pathway to tackle the harms of gambling advertising with new laws this fortnight....

AEC donations data drop shows the same big corporations pull the strings

3 February, 2025 - 03 February 2025 Political donations data published today by the Australian Electoral Commission shows corporate control over the major pa...

Greens will support Hate Crimes Bill to strengthen protections for vulnerable communities

3 February, 2025 - The Australian Greens have confirmed their support for the Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes) Bill, recognising it as a step in strengthen...

Greens welcome FDSV crisis accommodation funding, but the sector needs more

1 February, 2025 - Responding to the announcement of $100 million in FDSV crisis housing, Senator Waters said: “Any additional money for crisis accommodation...