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World leaves Australia behind on climate

13 December, 2020 - Last night’s global Climate Ambition Summit confirmed Australia’s status as the world’s climate reject. While Scott Morrison was barred from...

Health approach must be priority for rollout of vaccines

11 December, 2020 - The Greens are calling on the Government to clearly articulate plans for the rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations. “We acknowledge there is a si...

Australia's climate pariah status confirmed by UN Summit speaking list

11 December, 2020 - Australia has been confirmed as a climate pariah as the UN’s Climate Ambition Summit speaking list released today confirms the Prime Ministe...

Anti-money laundering laws

10 December, 2020 - The Government and Labor have again wasted an opportunity to include real estate agents, accountants and lawyers subject to mandatory report...

Government further reduces Coronavirus supplement for Jobseekers, condemns millions to poverty

10 December, 2020 - The Government has used the last sitting day of the year to condemn millions of Australians to live even further below the poverty line by c...

Greens will oppose IR Omnibus bill

10 December, 2020 - Australian Greens Leader, Adam Bandt says the party’s 9 votes in the Senate will oppose the Government’s industrial relations omnibus Bill. ...

Campaign to scrap racist card will continue

10 December, 2020 - The Greens have vowed to continue the community campaign to stop income management and the Cashless Debit Card for good. “The campaign to st...

PM must not use Pacific bullying to cover for his climate isolation and misleading of Parliament

10 December, 2020 - Scott Morrison has confirmed Australia’s diplomatic isolation on climate with his answers in Question Time today.  It now appears absolutely...

Juukan Gorge Committee releases multiparty majority report 

9 December, 2020 -  The Joint Standing Committee on the Northern Australia Inquiry into Juukan Gorge have today released a multiparty majority interim report wi...

Senate COVID Committee tables interim report into Government's response to pandemic and recession

9 December, 2020 - The Australian Greens support the recommendations and the interim findings of the Senate Select Committee on COVID-19 majority report and hav...

Voices of grassroots people must be heard as Treaty back on the national agenda: Greens

9 December, 2020 - After urging Treaty be put back on the national agenda as recently as her first speech to the Senate last week, Australian Greens First Natio...

Centre Alliance capitulate to Government on Cashless Debit Card and don’t even bother to turn up to vote 

9 December, 2020 - Centre Alliance have hoodwinked and mislead the people of South Australia and those on the Cashless Debit Card. They’ve assured voters for we...

Senate backs call for local content rules for online streaming services

8 December, 2020 - The Senate has today backed a Greens motion calling on the Government to implement Australian content quotas for online video streaming subsc...

Greens demand answers: did the PM mislead Parliament on Climate Summit invitation?

8 December, 2020 - There is now a serious question as to whether the Prime Minister has led Parliament, said Greens Leader, Adam Bandt.  Mr Bandt was today gagg...

Statement On The NZ Royal Commission

8 December, 2020 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to the publication of the report of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terroris...