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Cap AusPost executive salaries

23 October, 2020 - Greens Senator, Sarah Hanson-Young says Australia Post has become quasi-public, quasi private and this is clashing with the community’s expec...

Mates investigating mates shows ICAC needed

21 October, 2020 - Revelations that the Finance Department inquiry into Assistant Minister Michael Sukkar was outsourced to the law firm he used to work for is ...

ADF must own & address allegations of war crimes in Afghanistan

21 October, 2020 - Australian Greens Peace and Disarmament spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John said allegations by American Marines that Australian special ...

Govt’s Arts and Entertainment Rescue Package Unspent

21 October, 2020 - Not a single dollar of the $250m arts and entertainment package the PM announced with Guy Sebastian four months ago has been spent, the Depar...

Attorney General Impeding the work of the Disability Royal Commission

20 October, 2020 - Tuesday 20 October 2020 Australian Greens Disability spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John said today it was unacceptable that the Attorney...

Climate revelations at estimates reveal Australia will blow carbon budget

20 October, 2020 - Under questioning from Greens Senate Leader, Larissa Waters, at Senate Estimates, the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources h...

BHP abandons Olympic Dam expansion showing PM picked a dud

20 October, 2020 - The Prime Minister picked a dud when he put BHP’s Olympic Dam on his list of 15 major projects for fast-tracking through Australia’s environm...

Greens to amend JobMaker wage subsidy to block wage thieves & companies putting shareholders first

20 October, 2020 - Leader of the Australian Greens Adam Bandt MP has today outlined his party’s amendments to the JobMaker wage subsidy package, calling upon La...

Gender lens on Budget shows up government

19 October, 2020 - The Greens condemn the Morrison Government for failing to include a gender lens in the Budget, instead leaving it to a non-profit women's org...

Greens back High Court fight to save Murray-Darling

17 October, 2020 - The Greens are backing a High Court challenge to fight for South Australia's water and the Murray-Darling Basin if the Federal Government won...

Rental Report Reveals Tenants’ Covid Struggle

15 October, 2020 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that AHURI’s Renting in the time of COVID-19: understanding the impact...

Case against Dan Oakes dropped but media freedom laws must be fixed

15 October, 2020 - The Commonwealth DPP’s decision to rule out charges against ABC journalist Dan Oakes is welcome but the lengthy ordeal should never have aris...

Liberals 'too busy' for ICAC - doing what?

15 October, 2020 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, says the Liberal Party's continued excuses for not having a National anti-corruption body have become utterly farc...

Greens call on Liberal and Labor to ditch stage 3 tax cuts entirely

14 October, 2020 - Responding to reports that Stage 3 of the government’s tax cuts, voted into law by Liberal and Labor, may not be fully repealed after the nex...

Live entertainment industry on it's knees deserves PM's urgent attention

14 October, 2020 - The Greens are again urging the Morrison Government to do more for the Arts and Entertainment Industry after a report released today shows tw...