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National tourism plan urgently needed with 172k businesses on brink of bust

20 August, 2020 - 172,000 tourism businesses across Australia are just two weeks away from going bust, the Covid19 Senate Committee has heard today, prompting t...

Law change necessary after low minimum wage decision

19 August, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt MP has today said the 2019-20 annual wage review increase was too low and that a change to the Fair Work Act was now ...

COVID vaccine needs action, not Government spin

19 August, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt and Health spokesperson Dr. Richard Di Natale have called on the Morrison government to drop the spin and take real a...

Youth Job Guarantee needed

18 August, 2020 - Responding to today’s devastating job figures that see youth unemployment at a 23 year high, Greens Leader, Adam Bandt MP, called on the gover...

Vote 1 Greens in the NT Election to protect the Territory from fracking

18 August, 2020 - This Saturday's Northern Territory election has the potential to make history by electing a strong, independent Greens voice to Parliament, Gr...

Centre Alliance must show spine on super

18 August, 2020 - The Greens have today slammed Centre Alliance for reportedly helping the Liberal Party abandon an election promise and delay an increase to wo...

We need a federal inquiry into the Ruby Princess: Greens

15 August, 2020 - The Australian Greens have today called for a federal inquiry into the Ruby Princess, to allow federal biosecurity officials to testify on the...

Morrison must take responsibility for Aged Care debacle: Greens

14 August, 2020 - The Greens say evidence given to the Royal Commission into Aged Care and statements of the Prime Minister have become utterly contradictory.  ...

Government failure on global vaccine action shocking: Greens

14 August, 2020 - Greens questioning in the Senate COVID Committee today has confirmed the Morrison government has failed to join the COVAX global vaccine initi...

Labor must stop JobKeeper double games

13 August, 2020 - With the Liberals needing Senate support for their plans to slash JobKeeper payments to low-income earners, the Australian Greens have describ...

With over 1 million out of work the Government should not be cutting JobSeeker payments

13 August, 2020 - The Greens say that the Government is failing the growing number of people out of work by cutting the Jobseeker payment at the end of Septembe...

Punitive Approach For Struggling Students Will Cause Harm

13 August, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said the federal government’s move to punish students who struggle to find...

International Youth Day: 2020 is the year to listen to young people

12 August, 2020 - Australian Greens Youth spokesperson, and Australia's youngest Senator, Jordon Steele-John has called for greater engagement with young p...

Major parties reject the need for parliamentary standards

12 August, 2020 - Despite the conduct of politicians having declined year on year and public confidence in democracy bottoming out, both major parties have reje...

Fishing industry sidelined while seismic testing continues unabated

12 August, 2020 - Greens Healthy Oceans spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, today comments on an inquiry hearing in which Tasmanian and Victorian fisherme...