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Government seeks to entrench racist, punitive and ineffective Cashless Debit Card 

13 October, 2020 - The Government has today introduced legislation that will make the Cashless Debit Card permanent in the current trial sites and introduce it ...

Meeting of Environment Ministers must review lethal shark measures

9 October, 2020 - Senator Peter Whish-Wilson calls on the upcoming Meeting of Environment Ministers to review lethal shark mitigation measures as a priority age...

Government's bill a waste without plastics and packaging reform

9 October, 2020 - Due for Senate debate this week, the Government's Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill has now been delayed until at least November. This allows...

Free and Universal Early Learning

9 October, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that Labor’s Budget in Reply commitment to increase child care subsid...

Liberal & Labor put millionaires before the million unemployed with deal to pass tax cuts

9 October, 2020 - Leader of the Australian Greens Adam Bandt & Economic Justice Spokesperson Nick McKim have today slammed a deal between the Labor and Liberal ...

Billions spent with zero scrutiny the new norm as Labor capitulates to Scotty from Marketing

8 October, 2020 - The Greens have called on Labor to change their position (from lying down to standing up to the government) on tax cuts as independent analysi...

Minister Ley must commit to a recovery plan as Maugean Skate risks extinction

8 October, 2020 - A study released today by the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies reveals a decline in numbers of endemic Tasmanian species the Maugean...

Fee Hikes’ Passage More Fuel In Libs’ Uni Arson

8 October, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the Liberal National Government has condemned Australian higher ...

Morrison uses Budget to silence Government accountability bodies

8 October, 2020 - The Coalition is using the Federal Budget to silence public accountability and transparency bodies that have called out this Government’s corr...

Budget: Government’s transport infrastructure locks in pollution to worsen the climate crisis

7 October, 2020 - Greens Transport and Infrastructure spokesperson Senator Janet Rice has condemned the Morrison government for failing to invest in a green rec...

Budget fails on Closing the Gap

7 October, 2020 - Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe shares the disappointment of Aboriginal communities and peak bodies of the lack of funding for First Nations in th...

Women stuck in the 1950s with this Government’s Budget

7 October, 2020 - This year’s Budget has failed women by failing to address the key drivers of women’s economic insecurity, tackle the domestic violence crisis,...

Budget fine print reveals tax cut scam

7 October, 2020 - The Greens say the government’s centrepiece income tax cuts are a trickle-down scam as analysis reveals low and middle-income earners lose the...

An Anti-Education Budget

7 October, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi spokesperson has said that from early learning through to university and vocat...

Arts and Entertainment Industry forgotten by Treasurer

7 October, 2020 - The Greens have slammed the Treasurer for forgetting the Arts and Entertainment Industry in the Federal Budget, an oversight that will cost mo...