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Greens announce plan to lower pension age and increase payment rate

8 April, 2022 - Greens Welfare spokesperson Senator Janet Rice and Queensland Lead Senate candidate Penny Allman-Payne will today in Brisbane announce the Green...

We need to protect all athletes from CTE, say Greens

7 April, 2022 - “We need to protect all athletes from CTE: chronic traumatic encephalopathy,” said The Greens spokesperson for Sport, Senator Lidia Thorpe. CTE ...

Urgent government action needed to fix Tasmanian rental affordability

6 April, 2022 - The release of the April edition of CoreLogic's Quarterly Rental Review report is yet another indication that government must take urgent action...

Greens start their EV engines in tight SA Senate race

6 April, 2022 - Fresh from a record vote in the State election, the Greens have kicked off their federal election campaign in SA announcing a $6.1b plan to boos...

Greens start their EVs engines in a tight SA Senate Race

6 April, 2022 - Fresh from a record vote in the State election, the Greens have kicked off their federal election campaign in SA announcing a $6.1b plan to boos...

IPCC says it’s “now or never” to quit coal and gas - or last drinks for a liveable planet

5 April, 2022 - IPCC says it’s “now or never” to quit coal and gas - or last drinks for a liveable planet    5 April 2022 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...

Labor lockstep with Liberal on tax to drive US-style inequality in Australia

4 April, 2022 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt MP, says Labor’s appeasement to right-wing flat tax reforms and keeping tax breaks for trusts and property investors i...

Greens back aged care workers pay boost

1 April, 2022 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt MP, has backed in calls from aged care workers and their unions for a 25% wage increase for the aged care sector, sayi...

Federal Government scraps recovery plans for Tasmanian flora and fauna at risk of extinction

1 April, 2022 - Tasmanian species on the brink of extinction have today lost their federally funded recovery plans despite the Federal Government being well awa...

Historic Win for First Nations Land Rights and Human Rights

31 March, 2022 - Last night, the Greens Senator for Victoria Lidia Thorpe successfully introduced a Private Senators Bill that will ensure this Country complies...

Live export betrayal will harm animals

31 March, 2022 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the reported winding back of the ban on live sheep export to...

Public education hit hard in hostile budget

30 March, 2022 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that education has been smashed by a budget hostile to public schools,...

Budget of spin and half-measures leaves Australian women underwhelmed

30 March, 2022 - The Greens say the Morrison Government has bungled its last chance to show it takes women’s safety and economic security seriously with an unde...

Scott Morrison’s final budget makes housing more expensive, funds more coal & gas

30 March, 2022 - The Australian Greens have slammed the government’s final budget for making housing more expensive, locking in tax cuts for the wealthy and fun...