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It's closer than you think: new research shows 828 votes away from shared power

22 March, 2021 - A Parliamentary Library Brief, provided to the Greens, reveals that a minority parliament is only 828 votes away, and looms as one of the most ...

Fires one year, floods the next - the grim future of global heating

21 March, 2021 - The Australian Greens have said the disastrous flooding in NSW was a grim look at the future of extreme weather in a climate crisis, warning th...

Living on $44 a day is soul-destroying

18 March, 2021 - Today the Government gagged the Senate and allowed no time to even debate the first so-called real permanent increase in the Jobseeker Payment ...

Unemployed workers and people living in poverty want to see people supporting and campaigning for them

18 March, 2021 - The Greens say that unemployed workers and people living in poverty have been very clear that they want to see their representatives in Parliam...

ASIO Must Name The Far-Right

18 March, 2021 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Greens spokesperson for Anti-Racism, has criticised ASIO’s shift away from naming the threat of right-wing extremism, a...

Australia has an obligation to refugees who have contracted COVID

17 March, 2021 - Refugees that the Australian Government exiled to Papua New Guinea contracting COVID should prompt their immediate evacuation to Australia, Gre...

Former Defence Minister Pyne hosts invite-only drinks with weapons firm at Parliament House

17 March, 2021 - Wednesday, 17 March 2021 An invite-only drinks at Parliament House with Elbit Systems - Israel's largest privately-owned weapons company - has ...

Greens reject Online Safety Bill

16 March, 2021 - The Greens will vote against the Online Safety Bill because it is poorly drafted and could lead to widespread, unintended consequences.  "This ...

Senate supports Greens motion calling for a National Strategy on Climate Change, Health and Well-being

16 March, 2021 - The Senate has today recognised that the climate crisis is the greatest threat to our health this century.  “The fact is, the climate crisis is...

Black Lives Matter: Greens call for ban on lethal choke holds, end to Blak deaths in custody

16 March, 2021 - As the Black Lives Matter movement gains momentum around the world, the Greens have today called for lethal choking holds to be banned across a...

Everyone knows $44 a day is not enough 

12 March, 2021 - The Community Affairs Legislation Committee has tabled its report into the Government's pitiful Bill to increase the JobSeeker payment by $3.57...

Systemic racism is the problem: Greens

11 March, 2021 - The Greens have again reiterated their calls for urgent action to tackle systemic racism in Australia, at news of a third Blak death in custody...

Australia Must Support Equal Access to Covid-19 Vaccines

11 March, 2021 - The Greens have said that Australia must support a World Trade Organization (WTO) proposal that would waive intellectual property provisions to...

Government’s consent education plan an insult to women and sexual violence survivors

11 March, 2021 - The Greens have again called for a comprehensive national approach to consent training after Education Minister Alan Tudge today revealed the g...

Tourism dollars welcome but don’t leave Arts and Entertainment Industry out: Greens

10 March, 2021 - The Greens are calling on the Morrison Government to provide targeted support to the arts and entertainment industry, together with the Covid T...