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Greens welcome last minute Community TV licence extension

30 June, 2020 - The Greens have welcomed the last minute extension to the free-to-air broadcast licences for Community TV stations Channel 44 in Adelaide and Ch...

Arts industry loses four times as many jobs as construction, receives a third of the support

30 June, 2020 - ABS stats released today show the arts and recreation industry has lost four times as many payroll jobs as the construction industry but has rec...

Governments Continue To Fail Public Schools

30 June, 2020 - Australian Greens spokesperson for Education, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has said analysis released today shows once again that federal and state g...

Public ownership of Qantas International should be on the table: Bandt

26 June, 2020 - It is time to talk about bringing Qantas International into public ownership as part of any further assistance package, Leader of the Australian...

Australia must urgently condemn Israel’s annexation plans: Bandt

26 June, 2020 - The Greens call on the Australian Government to add its voice to global calls and forcefully speak out against the Israeli Government’s plans to...

Greens slam lobbying revolving door revealed in ANAO report

26 June, 2020 - In another damning report, the Australian National Audit Office has found that the government does not adequately assess conflict of interests r...

Heads should roll after scathing report into environment laws

25 June, 2020 - Heads should roll over the ineptitude and failure of duty identified by the Auditor-General in a scathing report into Australia’s environment la...

Morrison’s arts and entertainment package, too little, very late

25 June, 2020 - The Morrison Government’s long-awaited package for the arts and entertainment industry, announced today, is too little, very late, the Greens sa...

Defence 'the worst way' to spend $200 billion

25 June, 2020 - Thursday 20th June 2020 Australian Greens Peace & Disarmament spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John said today that buying new military techno...

PM urged to reverse ABC funding cuts to save jobs

24 June, 2020 - Responsibility for the 250 job cuts at the ABC announced today, lie firmly at the feet of the Morrison Government, the Greens say.Greens Spokesp...

Climate wars won't end by surrendering

24 June, 2020 - The Australian Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, has said Labor’s latest offer to embrace carbon capture and storage won’t help tackle the climate emer...

National sick leave vital as COVID containment remains precarious: Bandt

22 June, 2020 - As new infections increase again with many happening at workplaces, the Greens say there is new urgency to give every worker 14 days COVID sick ...

Greens welcome new senator for Victoria, Lidia Thorpe

20 June, 2020 - The Australian Greens have today announced that Lidia Thorpe will be the next Senator for Victoria, following a massive state-wide ballot of the...

Free Uni Not Malicious Fee Hikes Says Faruqi As Humanities Graduate Tehan Attacks Humanities Students

19 June, 2020 - "Degrees should cost students zero dollars," Greens spokesperson for Education, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, said this morning in response to the "go...

Two whales fight for their lives off QLD

19 June, 2020 - Senator Whish-Wilson today comments on breaking news that a whale and calf are currently caught in shark nets near the Gold Coast and calls on t...