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Greens Call for Parliamentary Standards

12 November, 2020 - Greens Senator Larissa Waters moved to bring on her Parliamentary Standards Bill this morning to address Parliament's appalling ineffectual ...

Government's Sham ICAC Has No Friends

12 November, 2020 - The Greens echo the Australian Federal Police Association’s description of the Morrison Government’s sham integrity commission as nothing mo...

Greens JobMaker amendment showdown pits House vs Senate

11 November, 2020 - The Parliament is potentially at an impasse over the government's JobMaker bill after an Australian Greens initiated amendment to the bill, ...

Senate Inquiry into Media Diversity established

11 November, 2020 - The Greens have successfully established an inquiry into media diversity with the support of the Senate today. Greens Spokesperson for Media...

Fitzgibbon exit puts 2030 test on Labor

10 November, 2020 - Australian Greens Leader Adam Bandt has responded to Joel Fitzgibbon’s resignation by calling on Labor to join the Greens in pressuring Scot...

Senate Says Horses Should Not Die At Racetracks

10 November, 2020 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has welcomed the Senate’s agreement to her motion acknowledging all Mel...

SAS soldiers responsible for war crimes must lose more than their medals

10 November, 2020 -   Tuesday 10 November 2020   Australian Greens Peace and Disarmament spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John said any Australian SAS soldier...

Greens move to fix JobMaker, remove corporate welfare

9 November, 2020 - Australian Greens Leader Adam Bandt has said the JobMaker Wage Subsidy must not pass parliament as corporate welfare, as the party’s major am...

Senate casts doubt on proposed changes to lending laws

9 November, 2020 - Media Release: Senate casts doubt on proposed changes to lending laws November 9, 2020 The Senate today supported a Greens motion condemning ...

Biden win brings focus back onto 2030 targets

9 November, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt says the Greens will back a new climate bill from the crossbench, but that stronger action by 2030 is needed and tha...

Greens Back Independent Inquiry Into Melbourne Cup Death

6 November, 2020 - The Greens have backed calls from animal welfare groups and an equine veterinarian for an independent investigation and necropsy report into ...

Morrison must not remain idle as democracy attacked and climate test looms

6 November, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt has condemned the outright assault on American democracy launched by Donald Trump as he attempts to undermine the vo...

Morrison and McCormack a threat to Australia

4 November, 2020 - Responding to calls from the Deputy Prime Minister that he should resign for calling for a phase-out of coal, Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, has ...

RBA lodges a vote of no confidence

3 November, 2020 - The RBA’s decision to cut interest rates to new historic lows and start a new round of quantitative easing is a vote of no confidence in the ...

R.I.P. Anthony Van Dyck

3 November, 2020 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to the death of the Melbourne Cup racehorse Anthony Van Dy...