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Prime Minister’s sincerity will be judged on actions

23 March, 2021 - Responding to today’s press conference by the Prime Minister on women’s safety and the culture of parliament house, Greens leader in the Senate...

It's closer than you think: new research shows 828 votes away from shared power

22 March, 2021 - A Parliamentary Library Brief, provided to the Greens, reveals that a minority parliament is only 828 votes away, and looms as one of the most ...

Fires one year, floods the next - the grim future of global heating

21 March, 2021 - The Australian Greens have said the disastrous flooding in NSW was a grim look at the future of extreme weather in a climate crisis, warning th...

Unemployed workers and people living in poverty want to see people supporting and campaigning for them

18 March, 2021 - The Greens say that unemployed workers and people living in poverty have been very clear that they want to see their representatives in Parliam...

ASIO Must Name The Far-Right

18 March, 2021 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Greens spokesperson for Anti-Racism, has criticised ASIO’s shift away from naming the threat of right-wing extremism, a...

Living on $44 a day is soul-destroying

18 March, 2021 - Today the Government gagged the Senate and allowed no time to even debate the first so-called real permanent increase in the Jobseeker Payment ...

Former Defence Minister Pyne hosts invite-only drinks with weapons firm at Parliament House

17 March, 2021 - Wednesday, 17 March 2021 An invite-only drinks at Parliament House with Elbit Systems - Israel's largest privately-owned weapons company - has ...

Australia has an obligation to refugees who have contracted COVID

17 March, 2021 - Refugees that the Australian Government exiled to Papua New Guinea contracting COVID should prompt their immediate evacuation to Australia, Gre...

Black Lives Matter: Greens call for ban on lethal choke holds, end to Blak deaths in custody

16 March, 2021 - As the Black Lives Matter movement gains momentum around the world, the Greens have today called for lethal choking holds to be banned across a...

Greens reject Online Safety Bill

16 March, 2021 - The Greens will vote against the Online Safety Bill because it is poorly drafted and could lead to widespread, unintended consequences.  "This ...

Senate supports Greens motion calling for a National Strategy on Climate Change, Health and Well-being

16 March, 2021 - The Senate has today recognised that the climate crisis is the greatest threat to our health this century.  “The fact is, the climate crisis is...

Everyone knows $44 a day is not enough 

12 March, 2021 - The Community Affairs Legislation Committee has tabled its report into the Government's pitiful Bill to increase the JobSeeker payment by $3.57...

Australia Must Support Equal Access to Covid-19 Vaccines

11 March, 2021 - The Greens have said that Australia must support a World Trade Organization (WTO) proposal that would waive intellectual property provisions to...

Government’s consent education plan an insult to women and sexual violence survivors

11 March, 2021 - The Greens have again called for a comprehensive national approach to consent training after Education Minister Alan Tudge today revealed the g...