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Greens say Government needs to step up support for local mRNA facilities 

22 February, 2021 - The Greens say that the Government will miss out on opportunities to expand and diversify Australia’s vaccine portfolio if they don’t invest...

Another internal review just continues the cover-up

19 February, 2021 - The Prime Minister has asked his former chief of staff, now head of his own department, to investigate what Prime Minister’s office knew abo...

All sides of politics, both houses of parliament call for national discussion to criminalise coercive control

18 February, 2021 - Today the House echoed the Senate to call on the government to take action on coercive control, supporting a cross-party motion coordinated ...

Crossbench comes together to call for review of Parliament House culture

17 February, 2021 - Every member of the Lower House Crossbench has come together to demand an urgent review of workplace procedures at Australian Parliament Hou...

We need a new approach to quarantine

17 February, 2021 - The Greens say quarantine facilities need to be established out of cities and that facilities must be publicly funded and run.  “Our hotel q...

No clear evidence in Cashless Debit Card Evaluation 

17 February, 2021 - The Government’s long overdue Evaluation of the CDC in Ceduna, East Kimberley and the Goldfields Region: Consolidated Report has been public...

BOOT backdown no distraction, IR laws are extreme attack on job security

17 February, 2021 - Australian Greens Leader and former industrial relations lawyer, Adam Bandt, has outlined how the radical overhaul at the heart of the IR om...

Independent investigation and review critical to protect staff in political offices

17 February, 2021 - Response to PM’s letter  "The Greens welcome the apparent acknowledgement by the PM that the review of the complaints and support process sh...

Mr Morrison must stop playing games with Jobseeker’s lives and announce a permanent increase to Jobseeker

17 February, 2021 - The Greens say a so-called employment insurance scheme is an appalling idea and that Mr Morrison is being cruel to people on the Jobseeker p...

Greens welcome Federal Court decision on Tamil Family

16 February, 2021 - The Greens have welcomed the decision of the Federal Court that Biloela's Tamil family was denied procedural fairness, calling for them to b...

Greens welcome AstraZeneca approval but say further diversity is needed. 

16 February, 2021 - The Greens welcome the news that AstraZeneca has been provisionally approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration for use in Australia. “...

Parliament culture won't change without independent inquiry

16 February, 2021 - The Australian Greens have slammed the Prime Minister’s continued failures to address a toxic parliamentary culture today, calling for an in...

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...