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Statement from Adam Bandt on the cancellation of Parliament

18 July, 2020 - Democracy should not be a victim of the pandemic. We need a health-first approach if we are to have any chance of effectively eliminating commun...

We need Australian-made films to save local jobs

17 July, 2020 - Today’s $400m tax incentive for bringing international productions to be filmed in Australia must be backed up with government commitment to sup...

Ban the Bomb: 75th anniversary of Trinity atomic test

16 July, 2020 - Australian Greens Spokesperson for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament Senator Jordon Steele-John has called for an acknowledgment of the role Austral...

Skills Spend Heavy On Spin And Hypocrisy

16 July, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the government’s ‘JobTrainer’ scheme is heavy on spin and hugely h...

Auditor-General’s ‘Watergate’ report shows incompetence and dodgy practices

16 July, 2020 - It’s untenable to leave the National Party in charge of water and a Royal Commission is needed more than ever, after today’s Auditor-General’s r...

Mass UNSW Job Cuts Devastating and Infuriating

15 July, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has labelled today’s news of cuts to approximately 500 full-time equivalent jobs...

Extra support urgently needed for disabled people & carers

14 July, 2020 - Monday, 13 July 2020 The Australian Greens have reiterated their calls for people on the Disability Support Pension (DSP) and Carer Payment to r...

Privatised reef protection plan still ignores climate crisis

14 July, 2020 - The release of the 2020-2021 workplan for the Reef Trust Partnership once again shows the Reef requires comprehensive, science-based protection ...

Backroom Labor boys doing their coal donors’ bidding

13 July, 2020 - The Labor party backroom boys are pressuring Queensland’s Labor Premier to approve stage 3 of the New Acland coal mine, showing fossil fuel dono...

Crown of Thorns funding is bandaid solution while climate crisis is ignored

13 July, 2020 - The Greens welcome any improvements to deal with Crown of Thorns starfish, but it is a bandaid solution while the big threats to the Reef - clim...

Extend Free Childcare And Provide JobKeeper For ECEC Workers: Greens

13 July, 2020 - The Greens have said that returning to expensive fee-paying childcare today will harm families, disproportionately impact women and threaten the...

Release refugees from high risk Mantra hotel

13 July, 2020 - Confirmation that an immigration detention guard at the Mantra Hotel in Melbourne has tested positive for Covid-19 reinforces the need for detai...

Feds' funding for Parks shows jobs in green recovery but much more needed

12 July, 2020 - The announcement by Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley today of funding for tourism and infrastructure at five natural attractions shows th...

Greens condemn US Marine Rotation for putting Northern Territory community at risk

10 July, 2020 - 10 July, 2020 Today, Australian Greens Peace and Disarmament spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John has expressed his frustrations that the Uni...

Arts and entertainment package needs urgent increase

9 July, 2020 - The Morrison Government must significantly increase the arts and entertainment industry recovery package following a return to lockdown measures ...