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Greens will fight looming Labor/Liberal JobKeeper cuts

5 June, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt has responded to reports the government is considering Labor’s proposal to cut JobKeeper payments for people previously ...

New foreign investment rules a beat-up

5 June, 2020 - Today's big announcement by the Treasurer on tightening our foreign investment laws is more politics than policy, says Greens Treasury spokespers...

Greens welcome injecting facility announcement but call for changes

5 June, 2020 - Local Greens MPs for Melbourne, Adam Bandt and Ellen Sandell, have welcomed the government’s decision to expand the number of supervised injectin...

Rio Tinto must sack boss and front Environment Committee: Greens

5 June, 2020 - The Australian Greens have called on the chief executive of Rio Tinto Iron Ore, Chris Salisbury, to resign or be sacked over the growing scandal ...

Granite Benchtop Grants will worsen the homelessness crisis

4 June, 2020 - The Greens have responded to the Morrison government’s ‘granite benchtop grant’ announcement today, saying its HomeBuilder scheme will use public...

Morrison must call out Trump’s moves towards fascism

3 June, 2020 - Leader of the Australian Greens, Adam Bandt MP, has today called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to stop being subservient to Donald Trump and i...

Morrison has no pathway out of recession

3 June, 2020 - Responding to today’s alarming economic figures, Greens Leader Adam Bandt said Scott Morrison has no plan to get the country out of recession and...

Public Housing, Not 'Granite Benchtop Grants', Should Drive Construction Stimulus

2 June, 2020 - The Greens have said that the construction of public and community housing should drive construction stimulus, not ill-conceived and unnecessary ...

Govt’s spotlight on arts and entertainment welcome

2 June, 2020 - The foreshadowing of a package for the arts and entertainment industry by the PM is welcome, but the devil will be in the detail, the Greens say....

Attack on media in America to be examined by Senate Press Freedom Inquiry

2 June, 2020 - Chair of the Senate Inquiry into Press Freedoms, Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, has vowed to look at the treatment of the press covering the ...

Greens candidate for Eden-Monaro champions climate action

1 June, 2020 - The Greens are proud to announce Cathy Griff, long-term resident of the rural hamlet of Tanja on the NSW Far South Coast, as our candidate for th...

Govt-stacked inquiry set for self-congratulations not action on Domestic Violence

1 June, 2020 - The Greens have criticised the Morrison Government's plans for a stacked inquiry into domestic and family violence, saying more funding is needed...

Live Export Exemption Must Be Rejected

1 June, 2020 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the government must not grant an exemption to allow a live exp...

Gov's pathetic emissions figures based off dead livestock and shattered dreams

29 May, 2020 - Today’s pathetic emissions reduction figures confirm the government is set to waste another year in reducing carbon pollution instead of embracin...

Liberals' Narrow-Minded Cuts A Blow To Already Dismal Aid Budget

29 May, 2020 - Australian Greens International Development spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has criticised the Government’s international aid cuts announced ...