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Labor’s Aged Care Act deferral a brief reprieve for older people who will be forced to pay more

4 June, 2025 - The Greens have cautiously welcomed the deferral of the major parties’ Aged Care Act to 1 November, which will provide a brief reprieve for older...

Raising the rate crucial to tackling violence against women

4 June, 2025 - The Australian Greens have urged the Albanese Government to urgently lift income support recipients out of poverty and put an end to the punitive...

Senator Barbara Pocock to take up housing fight

4 June, 2025 - The Greens have named Senator Barbara Pocock as the party’s new housing spokesperson, in recognition of her significant achievements in the last ...

Greens Leader announces portfolios for the 48th Parliament, will make women's safety a priority of leadership

4 June, 2025 - Leader of the Australian Greens Senator Larissa Waters has announced the party’s new portfolio allocations ahead of parliament returning in July....

FWC 3.5% increase good news, but further to go to address historical decline in real wages

3 June, 2025 - The Fair Work Commission’s 3.5% increase is good news for workers, but there is still more work to be done to restore the purchasing power of the...

As genocide escalates, unis must stop the shameful crackdown on Palestine protesters

2 June, 2025 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi,  Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Higher Education Spokesperson has responded to news that two University of Melb...

Statement on Senator Cox

2 June, 2025 - The Greens have expressed disappointment at Senator Cox’s decision to join the Labor party as a backbencher. Senator Cox advised Senator Laris...

Student debt rise of 3.2% on June 1 shows Labor’s indexation tweaks and one-off debt cut are woefully inadequate

30 May, 2025 - On 1 June 2025, student debts will rise by 3.2%. This indexation rate, which is based on the  Consumer Price Index (CPI), is a product of th...

Emissions remain higher under Albanese than Morrison, on the same week Labor approves ‘carbon bomb’

30 May, 2025 - The latest quarterly emissions update has revealed emissions are still going up and remain higher under Anthony Albanese than when Scott Morrison...

Major parties’ climate apathy will leave our reef ‘in danger’

30 May, 2025 - The Australian Greens echo the calls from the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for the Queensland and Australian governments to take drastic measu...

Environment Minister fails first test, approves climate-wrecking North West Shelf extension to 2070

28 May, 2025 - The Australian Greens have said the new Environment Minister has spectacularly failed his first test in the job, after approving the climate-wrec...

Albanese Government must reject Queensland Shark Control Program expansion

27 May, 2025 - The Greens call on the Albanese Government to reject a major expansion of shark nets used in the Queensland Shark Control Program, after the Quee...

Media Release: Whistleblower guilty plea means Australia criminalises courage

27 May, 2025 -  Today's guilty plea by whistleblower Richard Boyle is a damning indictment of Australia's broken whistleblower protection laws. Richard tol...

Greens Welcome NSW ADHD Reforms, Urge National Action

26 May, 2025 - The Australian Greens welcome the New South Wales Government's announcement to allow up to 1,000 general practitioners to provide ongoing prescri...