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Greens in Senate will hold Labor to environment protections

16 December, 2018 - The strong environmental protections announced by Labor today will fail without proper investment, and a commitment to no new coal, oil and ...

South Australia must fight for 450GL delivery

14 December, 2018 - The Australian Greens are calling on the South Australian Water Minister to come home from Friday’s Ministerial Council meeting with a commi...

Urgent action needed to save Tassie’s East Coast reefs

14 December, 2018 - The federal and state governments must take action to save Tasmania’s East Coast reefs. “Our reefs are far too important to lose, but right ...

Morrison’s new laws must not undermine anti-discrimination protections

13 December, 2018 - A Religious Discrimination Act should not be used to undermine or override state based anti-discrimination laws, the Australian Greens say, ...

Greens will leave no stone unturned to block government spending money on coal: Bandt

13 December, 2018 - Greens will leave no stone unturned to block government spending money on coal: Bandt Referring to Energy Minister Angus Taylor's call for p...

A sham ICAC from a sham government

13 December, 2018 - Greens spokesperson for democracy Senator Larissa Waters said 10 years after the Greens first called for a federal anti-corruption body to o...

Exporting rare Australian birds must be halted and investigated: Greens

12 December, 2018 - The Australian Greens are calling for an immediate halt to the export of native animals, and an independent inquiry into how hundreds of end...

Australia sucks up to Trump at Katowice

11 December, 2018 - Australia sucks up to Trump at Katowice Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said the Morrison government was s...

Fee Free University and TAFE: Greens Launch Transformational 5 Point Plan for Higher Education

11 December, 2018 - The Australian Greens will be taking a transformational higher education package to the Federal Election aimed at breaking successive Labor ...

Sanjeev Gupta shows up Coalition Government on energy leadership

10 December, 2018 - GFG’s announcement to transform Whyalla into a renewable energy super power shows the Coalition Government’s lack of leadership is letting A...

Govt misses opportunity to protect women from epidemic of DV

6 December, 2018 - Australian Greens spokesperson for women, Senator Larissa Waters, on the Morrison Government legislating for 5 days’ unpaid domestic and fami...

Senate calls on Environment Minister to call in Lake Malbena development

6 December, 2018 - The Senate has today called on federal Environment Minister Melissa Price to conduct a full assessment of the Lake Malbena development, inclu...

Greens table Senate’s largest ever petition to protect takayna/Tarkine

6 December, 2018 - Tasmanian Greens Senators Nick McKim and Peter Whish-Wilson have tabled the Senate’s largest ever petition, calling for takayna/Tarkine to be...

Senate calls on Government to admit Paris failings

5 December, 2018 - The Senate has backed the Australian Greens’ motion calling on the Government to make a clear statement about its inaction on climate change....

Major parties ignore climate change impacts on the Murray

5 December, 2018 - The Labor and Liberal parties have refused to support including the impacts of climate change in the flawed Murray Darling Basin Plan in the ...