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Greens announce Muslim community worker Mohamed El-Masri as candidate for seat of Calwell

14 November, 2024 - The Australian Greens have today announced Mohamed El-Masri as the party’s candidate for the seat of Calwell in the upcoming federal electio...

Labor’s Extinction Funding for the Maugean Skate

12 November, 2024 - The Albanese government’s pledge to fund an oxygenation trial in Macquarie Harbour is nothing more than extinction funding for an industry t...

Greens introduce new laws to protect the Bight as Black by-election enters final week

11 November, 2024 - The Greens will introduce new laws at a federal and state level to secure World Heritage Protection status for the Great Australian Bight, s...

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 to de...

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...