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Media Release: Minister Howarth’s Homelessness Gaffe Shows He Is Completely Out of Touch

10 July, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator and Housing Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has called the Assistant Minister for Community Housing, Homelessness and...

Nuclear waste dump process must be independent

10 July, 2019 - The Greens have called for the process to select a nuclear waste site to be halted, and an independent, expert panel to take over, amid deep con...

Money for Murray-Darling must be frozen

9 July, 2019 - The Greens have called for an immediate freeze on money for Murray-Darling water projects until the Auditor-General can review payments and water...

Students in Distress: New Reports Shows Majority of Students are Impacted by Housing and Food Insecurity

8 July, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator and Spokesperson for Education, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has responded to today’s release of the 2018 Higher Education Accomm...

SA leading the way on single-use plastics

6 July, 2019 - The Greens have praised the South Australian Liberal government for continuing the state's leadership on the environment with a ban on single-use...

Statement: Appointment as Greens Spokesperson for International Development

5 July, 2019 - I’m honoured to be the new Greens spokesperson for International Development. As someone born in the Global South taking on this role, I am looki...

Greens Senator introduces bill to ban live export

4 July, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator and Animal Welfare Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has today introduced a bill to ban live export. The Live Animal Exp...

HELP loan repayment threshold changes will hurt low income workers

1 July, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator and Education Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has said that today's changes to study and training loan repayment thres...

Time to go, Equinor

28 June, 2019 - Greens Senator for South Australia Sarah Hanson-Young is calling on all South Australian MPs to add their names to a Bill to ban drilling in the...

Approval of Ramsay Centre Linked Degree in Western Civilisation 'Outrageous' - Greens Senator

28 June, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator for NSW and Spokesperson for Education, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has called the approval of a Ramsay Centre linked degree on...

Greens to introduce bill to ban live export of sheep and cattle following new animal cruelty footage

21 June, 2019 - Australian Greens Spokesperson for Animal Welfare, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has today announced that she will introduce a Greens bill to ban all ...

New Spy Powers Unjustified

19 June, 2019 - Peter Dutton's plan to allow the Australian Signals Directorate to spy on Australians is a dangerous and unjustified attack on fundamental right...

Re-elected Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young to continue to fight for SA

18 June, 2019 - Following the final count of the SA Senate vote by the AEC today, Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has been returned to the Senate with the lar...

Greens say Adani fight is 'far from over'

13 June, 2019 - The decision by Queensland's Labor Government to grant approval for the Adani Carmichael coal mine's groundwater management plan is deeply disap...

Statement on the Australian Greens MPs Party Room Meeting

12 June, 2019 - Statement from Australian Greens Whip Sen. Rachel Siewert: Today the Australian Greens Party Room met and re-affirmed the positions of our leade...