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Statement from Senator Sarah Hanson-Young on Full Federal Court decision

3 March, 2021 - I welcome the decision of the Full Federal Court in dismissing Mr Leyonjhelm’s appeal of the outcome of my defamation case against him for what ...

Anti-Chinese Racism A National Concern

3 March, 2021 - Australian Greens Anti-racism spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has expressed her serious concerns about a Lowy Institute survey which found t...

Christian Porter must stand down pending an independent inquiry

3 March, 2021 - The Attorney General must stand down and there must be an independent inquiry into the rape allegations, otherwise there will be a chilling effe...

Aged Care work must start today 

2 March, 2021 - The Greens say that the Aged Care system is fundamentally broken and there needs to be a sense of urgency in fixing it. "The Royal Commissioners...

Billions in aged care profits must go to care instead

2 March, 2021 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt says the first stop for funding needed improvements to aged care in the wake of the Royal Commission, should be to take...

Morrison spins aged care royal commission but avoids the big issue - privatisation has failed

1 March, 2021 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt together with Greens Aged Care spokesperson Rachel Siewert have responded to the Prime Minister’s press conference abo...

PFAS Ban In NSW Welcome – Now A National Ban Needed

1 March, 2021 - Australian Greens Senator for NSW, Mehreen Faruqi, has said that today’s announcement of a NSW ban on firefighting foam containing PFAS chemical...

Statement on the allegations against a Cabinet Minister

28 February, 2021 - Statement from Adam Bandt MP, Leader of the Australian Greens: There is now a dark cloud over the Cabinet and the government. We need to mak...

Greens Senator for South Australia Sarah Hanson-Young’s Statement on Nicolle Flint MP quitting federal politics:

27 February, 2021 - “It speaks volumes that a Government MP has decided to leave parliament because of the toxic culture and sexism in politics. Is it any surpr...

Morrison makes mockery of environment law review with latest legislation

25 February, 2021 - The Morrison Government’s latest attempt to weaken Australia’s environmental laws completely ignores their own expert’s recommendations and ...

Agencies confirm growing far-right threat

25 February, 2021 - Australian Greens Anti-Racism spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that all key government agencies have indicated in initial PJCIS ...

Greens welcome Senate support for increase to JobSeeker and referral of bill to inquiry 

25 February, 2021 - "Yesterday the Senate supported my motion calling on the Government to immediately revise its JobSeeker announcement and urgently increase t...

More Ministers protecting the boys club

24 February, 2021 - “The men of this government are still following the rules of the ‘boys club’, covering for each other instead of speaking out about what the...

‘DobSeeker’ hotline is an abuse of power 

24 February, 2021 - The Greens say that the Government’s reporting line dubbed the ‘DobSeeker’ is an abuse of power that will hurt the most vulnerable in our co...

Far-right Hate Attack Shows Extremists Emboldened

24 February, 2021 - The Greens have responded to sickening reports of a violent assault by a man with a swastika on a First Nations woman and her daughter in We...