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Greens in the Senate will ensure buybacks are restored to save the River Murray

8 April, 2022 - Opposition leader Anthony Albanese’s promise to deliver South Australia’s fair share of water under the Murray Darling Basin Plan is welcomed, h...

More money earlier: Greens launch plan to lower age pension age back to 65 and increase pension 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...

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 ...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...