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Coalition set to hurt farmers with inability to plan for climate change

15 February, 2021 - Today’s comments from Agriculture Minister, David Littleproud, that he is open to adopting net zero emissions by 2050 but wants to see concr...

Morrison cannot delay long term Jobseeker increase above poverty line 

15 February, 2021 - The Greens say Mr Morrison must announce a permanent increase to the Jobseeker payment and guarantee that nobody is worse off under any new ...

Labor backflip would only benefit the rich

15 February, 2021 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said reports that Labor may scrap commitments to wind back negative gearin...

Dutton Grants Rort Renews ICAC Calls

14 February, 2021 - The Greens condemn Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton for using his ministerial powers to slash millions in grant funding for community proj...

Greens introduce new laws to save our koalas

11 February, 2021 - The Greens have today introduced new laws to stop land clearing of critical habitat and save our koalas. The legislative move would prevent ...

PM must boot Nats from water portfolio

11 February, 2021 - The Prime Minister must take the water portfolio out of the hands of the climate-denying National Party, the Greens say, after a Productivit...

Morrison Govt’s leaked standards condemn environment to more destruction

11 February, 2021 - The Morrison Government’s leaked environmental standards make a mockery of the yearlong review into environment laws by Professor Graeme Sam...

Greens call for ALL Crown licenses to be reviewed by state regulators 

10 February, 2021 - The Greens say that as Crown Resorts has been found to be unfit to operate in Sydney then there are questions around their operations in oth...

Crown corruption highlights urgent need for political donation reform

10 February, 2021 - The Greens say that proper regulation of the gambling industry requires a ban on the industry donating to political parties. “The gambling i...

Greens Royal Commission privacy bill to be debated

9 February, 2021 - The Senate will next week debate legislation introduced by the Australian Greens last year aimed at fixing the lack of confidentiality protec...

Government misleads on NZ & costs farmers $12 billion

9 February, 2021 - The Morrison/McCormack government isn’t just lying about New Zealand’s climate plan, it has cost farmers over $12 billion by repealing the ca...

South Africa's AstraZeneca suspension underlines urgency of local vaccine manufacture

8 February, 2021 - The Greens say the suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine roll-out in South Africa shows the need for the government to establish a publicly-o...

McCormack's climate wrecking threatens Australia's children and agriculture

8 February, 2021 - Responding to the Deputy Prime Minister’s statement about the climate crisis that "We are not worried, or I’m certainly not worried, about wh...

EV strategy runs flat

5 February, 2021 - Today’s release of the Future Fuels Strategy Discussion Paper confirms that the government has no plan whatsoever to drive the uptake of elec...

Greens welcome Labor’s rejection of PEP11

5 February, 2021 - The Australian Greens have welcomed Labor’s confirmation today that the party opposes the renewal of the Petroleum Exploration Permit 11 (PEP...