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All Victorians must have access to JobSeeker if they need it during lockdown 

1 June, 2021 - The Greens are calling on the Government to ensure all workers impacted by the snap Victoria lock down have urgent access to the JobSeeker paymen...

Greens’ Commission of Inquiry would test Christian Porter’s fitness as a minister

1 June, 2021 - The Greens say the Prime Minister has run out of excuses and can no longer continue to run cover for Christian Porter, now that he has discontinu...

Greens launch policy: $25 million a year to provide free period products in Australian schools

28 May, 2021 - On World Menstrual Hygiene Day, the Greens have announced their plan to combat period poverty in Australia by providing free period products in a...

Taylor AWOL while coal clunkers fail again

26 May, 2021 - The Greens have today warned that the ongoing crisis in the Queensland energy market is a sign of things to come if we continue to rely on an agi...

Sorry Day 2021: Greens plan for a national compensation scheme for Stolen Generation survivors

25 May, 2021 - Ahead of National Sorry Day, the Greens today called on the Federal Coalition Government to establish a national compensation scheme for the surv...

Release the Foster report, PM

25 May, 2021 - The Greens have called on the PM to drop the veil of secrecy and release the review by Stephanie Foster into processes for responding to serious ...

Morrison and Hunt undermining their own vaccine rollout

24 May, 2021 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt says the Prime Minister must instruct his Health Minister to stop giving mixed messages on vaccines that could delay the...

Gas and coal are dead says IEA, Long live coal says the Morrison government

24 May, 2021 - The Greens have rebuked the Morrison government’s plan to spend hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on a gas plant announced the very same d...

Senate supports inquiry into Disability Support Pension 

17 May, 2021 - The Senate has supported a Greens referral to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee to conduct a Senate inquiry into the purpose, int...

Greens to amend fuel security bill to include transport electrification

17 May, 2021 - As the US government prepares to wind back fossil fuel subsidies in advance of the upcoming G7 meeting, the Morrison Government has today committ...

Greens launch Celeste Liddle as candidate for Cooper

14 May, 2021 - The Greens have today launched Celeste Liddle as the Greens candidate for Cooper, with Greens Leader Adam Bandt MP declaring her a “fierce” advoc...

Labor’s housing plan doesn’t go nearly far enough

14 May, 2021 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that Labor’s plan doesn’t go nearly far enough to tackle the housing crisi...

Statement from the Australian Greens on Israel/Palestine

14 May, 2021 - The Australian Greens are horrified by the ongoing escalation in violence in Israel and Palestine, which has resulted in more than 109 Palestinia...