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Grave fears for Julian Assange's wellbeing. Morrison must act: Greens

7 January, 2021 - With the news overnight that Julian Assange has been denied bail, Greens Foreign Affairs spokesperson Senator Janet Rice has called on Prime M...

Assange must be given safe passage home

6 January, 2021 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, says there is no excuse for the Morrison government to do anything other than provide an Australian citizen safe pa...

Greens call for JobKeeper & JobSeeker extension after NSW COVID outbreak

21 December, 2020 - Leader of the Australian Greens Adam Bandt MP has today called on the government to defer the looming cuts to JobKeeper and JobSeeker in lig...

Conservative thinktank planning for the end of coal shows urgency for transition planning

21 December, 2020 -   The release of a report planning for the end of coal by the right-leaning Blueprint Institute shows that all sides of politics were now c...

Tudge Shouldn’t Be A Minister, Let Alone Education Minister

18 December, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that Alan Tudge’s appointment as Education Minister is a disturbing...

Greens support findings and recommendations of majority report into Tobacco Harm Reduction

18 December, 2020 -  The Greens recognise the potential role of e-cigarettes in tobacco harm reduction but support a precautionary approach in the regulation of...

Federal Court decision welcomed as fight to protect sacred DjubWurrung trees continues

18 December, 2020 - In a stark rebuke to Minister for Environment Sussan Ley, the Australian Greens today welcomed the Federal Court decision to uphold an appea...

MYEFO

17 December, 2020 - MYEFO shows yet again that the Liberals are locking in inequality and damage from climate change, the Greens say. “The economy continues to ...

Future Fund must divest from Adani

16 December, 2020 - The Future Fund must divest the $3 million it has put into a railway for the climate-destroying Adani coal mine, the Greens say. Greens Econ...

Government must remove barriers to Medicinal Cannabis access

16 December, 2020 -  The Greens welcome the announcement by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to down-schedule cannabidiol (CBD) and enable the availab...

Public Interest Advocate not enough to protect journalists from raids

16 December, 2020 - Reforms to journalist and whistle-blower protections announced by the Federal Government today do not go far enough to protect journalists f...

Alarm Bells On Housing Stress Must Spur Action

15 December, 2020 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson and Senator for NSW, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has responded to a report by Equity Economics projecting...

Climate and corporate greed biggest threats to Murray-Darling

15 December, 2020 - Greens Spokesperson for Water and the Environment Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said today’s evaluation report by the Murray-Daring Basin Autho...

Murray-Darling report gives Morrison ultimatum: crops or coal?

15 December, 2020 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, says a new report on the impact of global warming on the Murray-Darling makes the fork in the road crystal clear....

Morrison makes Australia the OECD outlier on climate

14 December, 2020 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, says Australia is now the only OECD country to rule out raising its 2030 emissions target, as the Morrison govern...