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Greens Announce Accessible Australia Plan for Disabled Australians - Commit to Properly Funding the NDIS

1 December, 2021 - Disabled person and spokesperson for Disability Rights and Services Senator Jordon Steele-John has announced the Australian Greens have relea...

Greens announce Accessible Australia plan – commit to properly funding the NDIS

1 December, 2021 - Media release  Disabled person and spokesperson for Disability Rights and Services Senator Jordon Steele-John has announced the Austr...

National emissions data shows pollution rising

30 November, 2021 - Today’s quarterly emissions data reveals that emissions have risen by almost 2% this quarter and that the temporary decrease in carbon pollu...

Massive rise in racism concerns must impel action

30 November, 2021 - Australian Greens Anti-racism spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said the findings of the latest Mapping Social Cohesion report, which ...

Government must act swiftly on Jenkins recommendations

30 November, 2021 - The Greens have warned the government that Australian women expected them to swiftly and fully implement the recommendations of the Jenkins ...

Live performance industry sounds alarm over insurance

30 November, 2021 - The Greens are urging the Morrison Government to listen to the live music and entertainment industry groups who are again today pleading for...

Greens will keep fighting against nuclear waste dump

29 November, 2021 - The Greens have pledged to keep fighting against South Australia being a dumping ground for nuclear waste, despite the Morrison Government d...

Omicron spurs urgency of TRIPS waiver and vaccine equity

29 November, 2021 - Australian Greens International Development spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the emergence of the Omicron variant has put f...

Federal standard essential on First Nations cultural heritage

29 November, 2021 - The Greens have called on the Western Australian Government to delay the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill until the national standard is ag...

Greens to move for senate inquiry into new online trolling laws

28 November, 2021 - Greens Spokesperson for Media and Communications Senator Sarah Hanson-Young responded to the Morrison Government’s announcement today it wil...

Morrison gas plan proves even Net Zero 2050 is a lie

26 November, 2021 - The Greens have slammed the Morrison Government’s 2021 national gas infrastructure plan as exposing its Net Zero 2050 pledge as a short term...

Huge RMIT wage theft bill vindicates casual staff

25 November, 2021 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to reports that RMIT will pay back up to $10 million to casual...

Greens reject Morrison discrimination bill

25 November, 2021 - The Greens have vowed to block Scott Morrison’s religious discrimination bill, saying it was a Trojan horse for hate that went well beyond a...

More action needed to eliminate violence against women

25 November, 2021 - On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women the Greens have called for the Morrison Government to commit serious fund...

Government’s DV Commission is more about optics than women’s safety

24 November, 2021 - The Greens say the government’s Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission is an inadequate response to the women’s safety crisis that ...