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Labor finally shifts towards Greens position after tens of thousands killed in Gaza

12 December, 2024 - The Greens have said Labor’s move towards the Greens’ consistently advocated position for an immediate, permanent and unconditional ceasefir...

Parents left disappointed by Labor’s childcare half-measures: Greens

11 December, 2024 - The Greens say Labor’s announcement on early childhood education and care falls short of providing genuine reform required to fix the childc...

LGBTIQA+ health action plan light on meaningful reform

11 December, 2024 - The Greens welcome the Albanese Labor Government’s release of the long-awaited National Action Plan for the Health and Wellbeing of LGB...

Environment Minister chooses to do nothing again on regulating big businesses who pollute

11 December, 2024 - Yesterday was the last meeting of federal and state environment ministers before the federal election and there was very high expe...

Greens push for big banks to offer low-rate discount mortgages could save North Queenslanders thousands

10 December, 2024 - While in Cairns and Townsville Greens Senator for Queensland Larissa Waters demonstrated how the Greens plan to require the big banks to off...

RBA stubbornness hurting Australians

10 December, 2024 - The Reserve Bank’s decision not to reduce interest rates will needlessly hurt mortgage holders and put more Australians out of work, the Gre...

Greens preselect award-winning poet Omar Sakr in Blaxland

10 December, 2024 - Dr Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Greens Leader and Senator for New South Wales, is excited to announce the preselection of Omar Sakr as the Greens ...

Greens bid to end the culture war on sharks

7 December, 2024 - Loopholes in federal legislation used by the states to deploy lethal shark nets would be closed and non-lethal shark control measures superch...

Senate Committee report fails to tackle the racism and white supremacy at the core of far-right extremism

6 December, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson for Anti-Racism, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, sat on the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committ...

Albanese must not sell out the environment to big salmon corporations

6 December, 2024 - The Australian Greens have demanded Prime Minister Albanese rule out the use of national interest exemptions to sidestep environment laws for...

“This isn't journalism”: Murdoch execs grilled for gas greenwashing

4 December, 2024 - The Greens will look to call Murdoch media executives before a Senate Inquiry into Greenwashing following a backlash to paid advertising...

Labor refuses to assess climate impacts of three proposed coal projects, Greens urge Albanese to reject them

4 December, 2024 - The Australian Greens have said Labor has again capitulated to the big corporations after the federal government refused requests to consider...

Greens will legislate to override cash withdrawal fees

4 December, 2024 - The Greens will seek to legislate against banks charging exorbitant fees to customers for withdrawing their own money. "The cost-of-living...

ELECTION POLICY LAUNCH: Free Contraceptives - Empowering Women’s Autonomy

4 December, 2024 - The Greens today unveil a transformative election policy ensuring that women can get free contraceptives, removing financial barriers to repr...

Greens commit to pushing for $10 million investment in St Kilda Primary School

3 December, 2024 - The Australian Greens have said they will push for a $10 million dollar investment in St Kilda Primary School if they win the seat of Macnama...