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PFAS Ban In NSW Welcome – Now A National Ban Needed

1 March, 2021 - Australian Greens Senator for NSW, Mehreen Faruqi, has said that today’s announcement of a NSW ban on firefighting foam containing PFAS chemical...

Morrison spins aged care royal commission but avoids the big issue - privatisation has failed

1 March, 2021 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt together with Greens Aged Care spokesperson Rachel Siewert have responded to the Prime Minister’s press conference abo...

Statement on the allegations against a Cabinet Minister

28 February, 2021 - Statement from Adam Bandt MP, Leader of the Australian Greens: There is now a dark cloud over the Cabinet and the government. We need to mak...

Greens Senator for South Australia Sarah Hanson-Young’s Statement on Nicolle Flint MP quitting federal politics:

27 February, 2021 - “It speaks volumes that a Government MP has decided to leave parliament because of the toxic culture and sexism in politics. Is it any surpr...

Agencies confirm growing far-right threat

25 February, 2021 - Australian Greens Anti-Racism spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that all key government agencies have indicated in initial PJCIS ...

Greens welcome Senate support for increase to JobSeeker and referral of bill to inquiry 

25 February, 2021 - "Yesterday the Senate supported my motion calling on the Government to immediately revise its JobSeeker announcement and urgently increase t...

Morrison makes mockery of environment law review with latest legislation

25 February, 2021 - The Morrison Government’s latest attempt to weaken Australia’s environmental laws completely ignores their own expert’s recommendations and ...

‘DobSeeker’ hotline is an abuse of power 

24 February, 2021 - The Greens say that the Government’s reporting line dubbed the ‘DobSeeker’ is an abuse of power that will hurt the most vulnerable in our co...

Far-right Hate Attack Shows Extremists Emboldened

24 February, 2021 - The Greens have responded to sickening reports of a violent assault by a man with a swastika on a First Nations woman and her daughter in We...

More Ministers protecting the boys club

24 February, 2021 - “The men of this government are still following the rules of the ‘boys club’, covering for each other instead of speaking out about what the...

$25 a week is a cruel joke

23 February, 2021 - Today is an extremely distressing day for the 1.5 million people on the JobSeeker and Youth Allowance payments who have now had confirmation...

New data shows Youth Allowance is a "poverty sentence" for young, disabled Australians

22 February, 2021 - Australian Greens Disability Rights spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John has called for an urgent intervention to lift young, disabled pe...

Save the Koala laws debated in Senate

22 February, 2021 - The Senate has today debated new laws introduced by the Australian Greens to save our koalas. Greens Environment Spokesperson Senator Sarah ...

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...