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Australia can afford to quit coal, says RBA

17 September, 2021 - The Greens have reiterated their call for Australia to act in line with the climate science and UN call to quit coal, with an RBA report es...

Incredulous, infuriating: the Tasmanian devil recovery plan set to be axed by Morrison Government

17 September, 2021 - The Greens have condemned the Morrison Government for proposing changes to conservation planning decisions that would see the Tasmanian dev...

Porter's got to go

16 September, 2021 - The Greens say the Prime Minister should dump Christian Porter from his Ministry, and that the so-called "investigation" into whether the s...

Nuclear subs announcement puts target on SA’s back

16 September, 2021 - The SA Greens will take the fight against nuclear submarines to be built in Adelaide to Canberra, labelling it a dangerous deal that puts a...

Greens to fight Morrison’s dangerous nuclear subs play

16 September, 2021 - The Greens have attacked Scott Morrison’s plan to buy nuclear submarines.  Quotes attributable to Greens Leader, Adam Bandt MP: "This is a ...

Environment Minister approves Vickery Coal Mine Expansion

16 September, 2021 - Greens Environment Spokesperson Senator Sarah Hanson-Young responded to the announcement the Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley has ap...

Bandt announces new parliamentary line-up to kick the Libs out and negotiate shared power

15 September, 2021 - With the confirmation of new Senator for Western Australia Dorinda Cox today, Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, has put the Greens on election foo...

Hanson-Young in drivers seat on Electric Vehicles

15 September, 2021 - Greens Senator for South Australia Sarah Hanson-Young will drive a plan to manufacture electric vehicles in her home state and encourage a ...

ABS data shows house prices are out of control

14 September, 2021 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has expressed alarm at the figures released today from the Australian Bureau ...

Secret Porter donor makes a mockery of donations laws

14 September, 2021 - The Greens say Christian Porter’s refusal to reveal who partially funded his defamation case against the ABC is the latest chapter in a sor...

Parliament must vote to deploy ADF troops overseas

14 September, 2021 - New polling released today shows 87% of Australians are supportive of The Greens’ calls to change how Australia goes to war.  The poll of 1...

Tertiary education job destruction laid bare

13 September, 2021 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that a new report by the Centre for Future Work estimating 40,000 ...

Two too many: second First Nations person dies from COVID-19

9 September, 2021 -   The second First Nations person to die from COVID-19 has passed away in Dubbo Hospital, this comes after an Aboriginal man in his 50’s die...

Third First Nations person dies from COVID-19

9 September, 2021 - A third First Nations person has died from COVID-19 in less than two-weeks. This comes as infections in western New South Wales have balloon...

UK trade deal shows Australia dragging the world down on climate targets

9 September, 2021 - Greens around the world have lambasted revelations that Australia has vetoed Paris Agreement climate goals being included in a trade agreeme...