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Frydenberg gearing up for a budget for billionaires

29 April, 2021 - In the wake of detail-free indication from the Treasurer that he is embracing continued stimulus, the Greens have expressed concern that Josh F...

Australia must back vaccine patent waiver: Greens

29 April, 2021 - The Greens have reiterated their calls for Australia to support a global vaccine patent waiver, supported by more than 100 countries, ahead of ...

Greens demand investigation into Western Sydney Airport offsets scandal

28 April, 2021 - The Greens say an investigation is needed into the offsets for the Western Sydney Airport, after revelations that consortiums including advisor...

Greens call on WA Government to close high risk quarantine hotels

28 April, 2021 - The Greens say that quarantine will be part of managing the pandemic for the foreseeable future and purpose built facilities should be built no...

Renewables driving lower prices mean we must drive transition further, not prop up coal

28 April, 2021 - Latest power price reports, showing again how renewables are driving down wholesale prices across the National Electricity Market after wholesa...

Tragic week of gendered violence a reminder of the government’s failings

27 April, 2021 - The Greens have called on the federal government to provide critical and overdue funding of frontline domestic violence and sexual assault serv...

JobSeeker ‘lifestyle’ is one of poverty and $44 a day

27 April, 2021 - The Greens say Employment Minister Mr Robert’s cruel comments on the ‘lifestyle’ of people on JobSeeker are not based in any realm of reality i...

Early childhood boost must make it free

26 April, 2021 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said reports that the Coalition government is considering a boost to childc...

Morrison failing to protect Australia and must increase 2030 climate targets

23 April, 2021 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, has described Prime Minister Scott Morrison as an utter embarrassment and a threat to Australia’s safety after Austr...

Permanent telehealth must be funded in May Budget 

23 April, 2021 - The Greens are calling on the Federal Government to make telehealth a permanent feature of our Medicare system.  “Telehealth has been lifesavin...

Big Pharma and shareholders profit making from global pandemic is appalling 

22 April, 2021 - The Greens say that the People’s Vaccine Alliance calculation that Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson  have paid out $26 billion in dividends and sto...

Morrison's hydrogen spin is just more cash for coal & gas

22 April, 2021 - As the Prime Minister pins all his hopes on technology to save his government’s complete lack of any climate policy, his financial commitment d...

Disabled people forgotten again in COVID-19 response

21 April, 2021 - The Australian Greens have called on the Morrison Government to urgently prioritise disabled people, and disability support workers, in the nat...

As world looks to George Floyd verdict, at home, no justice for Blak deaths in custody

21 April, 2021 - Thirty years since the final report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, Australia has yet to reckon with its history and...

Federal Government must show leadership, step up and commit funding to develop mRNA manufacturing capacity

21 April, 2021 - “It’s time for the Morrison Government to step up and show leadership on developing publicly-owned mRNA manufacturing capacity", Greens spokesp...