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Dump job ready graduates fee hikes before start of next uni year

5 November, 2024 - Australian Greens Deputy leader and spokesperson for higher education, Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to reports that Labor is consider...

It’s time to put the Melbourne Cup in the dustbin of history

5 November, 2024 - On Melbourne Cup Day, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and spokesperson for Animal Welfare, is calling for hors...

Political donations from gambling companies linked to horse betting, 2013-2023

4 November, 2024 - Donations from gambling companies linked to horse betting to the Labor and Liberal parties have surged dramatically over the past decade, sky...

Labor now isolated in protection of Coles and Woolworths

4 November, 2024 - The Coalition’s introduction of a Bill for supermarket and hardware divestiture powers means that Labor is now completely isolated in its def...

Greens pressure delivers student debt wins - let’s legislate them now!

3 November, 2024 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Greens Leader and spokesperson for Higher Education, has responded to Labor’s plan to wipe 20% of student debt...

ATO confirms 1 in 3 large companies are paying no tax

1 November, 2024 - The latest ATO figures on tax show that one in three large companies is paying no tax during a cost of living crisis that they are helping to...

Senator Mehreen Faruqi on Landmark Court Victory

1 November, 2024 - “This is a good day for people of colour, Muslims and all of us working to build an anti-racist society.  “Today’s judgement is a win...

Greens announce election plan to get mental health into Medicare for SA patients

31 October, 2024 - At a time when the cost of living crisis is both making mental health worse and causing an increasing number of people across Australia ...

Peter Dutton & Labor must rule out high & intermediate nuclear waste dumping near Port Adelaide: Greens

31 October, 2024 - The Greens have called on Peter Dutton and the Labor Party to unequivocally rule out storing high and intermediate level nuclear waste at Osb...

Greens launch plan to put mental health into Medicare

31 October, 2024 - At a time when the cost of living crisis is both making mental health worse and causing an increasing number of people across Australia to de...

Statement from Senator Shoebridge re the complaint investigation report on Robodebt from the Inspector of the NACC

30 October, 2024 - The Inspector of the NACC has made the most damning findings against NACC Commissioner Brereton finding a comprehensive failure by ...

Rocket launching approval blows up Labor’s environmental credentials in SA

29 October, 2024 - The Greens say federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek's decision today to approve a rocket launching site on habitat critical for endan...

Labor’s politics of pollution fueling wildlife wipeout: Greens

29 October, 2024 - The Federal Environment Minister is presiding over a wildlife wipeout in Australia by failing to protect endangered species from extinction, ...

Wong must strongly condemn and sanction Israel after shocking UNRWA bill

29 October, 2024 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Greens Deputy Leader and International Aid Spokesperson, has condemned new Israeli legislation labelling UNRWA a terr...

Labor’s international student caps policy is wreaking havoc with potential for more than 1,000 uni job cuts

28 October, 2024 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Greens leader and spokesperson for Higher Education, has reacted to reports that over 1,000 jobs could be at r...