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Queensland Election sees the 'Green Wave' continue

1 November, 2020 - Leader of the Australian Greens, Adam Bandt MP, and Greens Senate Leader and Queensland Senator, Larissa Waters, have said the success of the...

Labor's gas document a white flag on climate and renewable jobs

30 October, 2020 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, has responded to Labor’s reported capitulation to the Liberals on coal and gas by saying that with both parties ag...

Minister confirms in Estimates that an extension to Jobseeker supplement will be in place by January

29 October, 2020 - The Minister for Social Services has confirmed today during an Estimates hearing that the Government plans to extend the Jobseeker coronaviru...

Scott Morrison the Kim Jong-Un of climate as 75% of coal exports set to collapse

29 October, 2020 - Scott Morrison is isolating Australia from the world and our trading partners with his stubborn refusal to accept the need to decarbonise and...

Debt raising against income support recipients during a recession is a disgrace

29 October, 2020 - The Greens have called the Government's decision to recommence ‘debt raising’ against income support recipients a disgrace. We are in a reces...

Racing Cannot Be Fixed

29 October, 2020 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that commercial horse racing is a cruel industry that cannot be...

Australians ready to join the rest of the world in action as climate crisis worsens

28 October, 2020 - As the Morrison government talks up fossil fuel subsidies with its so-called ‘gas-led recovery’, only 12% of Australians want our economic re...

Live Export Backflip Will Hurt Animals

28 October, 2020 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the federal government has done an extraordinary and devas...

SAVE THE KOALA: Greens move for moratorium on habitat clearing

28 October, 2020 - The Greens have announced they’ll move for a moratorium on koala habitat clearing to save the national treasure from extinction. The legislat...

Disturbing and shameful allegations of war crimes must be made public

28 October, 2020 - Wednesday 28 October 2020 Australian Greens Peace and Disarmament spokesperson Jordon Steele-John has called for Defence to make both the Cro...

Statement On Kashmir

27 October, 2020 - The Australian Greens stand with the Kashmiri community on 27 October as they commemorate Black Day. Kashmir is a disputed territory and it i...

Environment Minister signs death warrant for Port Stephens koalas

27 October, 2020 - The Environment Minister Sussan Ley has signed a death warrant for koalas by approving the extension of the Brandy Hill quarry near Port Step...

Australia must sign the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

26 October, 2020 - Australia must urgently sign and ratify the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons now that it has become international ...

Australia Post investigation should review enormous executive salaries and bonuses

26 October, 2020 - Greens Spokesperson for Communications Senator Sarah Hanson Young responded to the Morrison Government’s terms of reference for an investigat...

Privatisation not the solution to Auspost debacle

26 October, 2020 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, says the Australia Post debacle is symptomatic of corporatisation, a problem that would only be made worse by full...