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Gov admits it has no renewables policy and stands condemned: Bandt

18 September, 2018 - Gov admits it has no renewables policy and stands condemned: Bandt Greens climate change and energy spokesperson, Adam Bandt MP, said the g...

Labor tries to walk both sides of the street on TPP

17 September, 2018 - The Labor Party is fooling the community, and themselves, when they say they can scale back the nasties in the TPP in Government.   “The L...

Grattan Institute Report Shows Need for Government Investment in Higher Education and Jobs

17 September, 2018 - Australian Greens Education Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has reacted to the latest Grattan Institute Report ‘Mapping Australian hi...

Australia must act on Japan’s plan to slaughter whales this summer

15 September, 2018 - The Australian Greens are calling on urgent action from the Morrison Government to stop Japan’s intention to slaughter whales in the Southe...

Nationals have failed farmers and the river

14 September, 2018 - The Greens have welcomed the strong statement from former environmental water holder David Papps on the incompetence of Barnaby Joyce and t...

Bureau of Meteorology motion

13 September, 2018 - The Senate has passed a motion from Tasmanian Greens Senator Nick McKim calling on the government to abandon plans to centralise the Bureau...

Greens to move for 10 days paid family and domestic violence leave

13 September, 2018 - The Greens will move to amend the Government’s bill introduced into the Lower House today for five days unpaid family and domestic violence...

Climate research shows Australians back Greens plan to phase out coal

12 September, 2018 - Climate research shows Australians back Greens plan to phase out coal Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today sai...

Adani motion a test for Labor and the Government

12 September, 2018 - The Government must revoke Adani’s environmental approval to in light of serious allegations of environmental breaches, said Australian Gre...

Labor sells out Australia on TPP

12 September, 2018 - Labor has thrown Australia under the bus for delivering the Government the numbers it needs to pass TPP enabling legislation, the Greens sa...

Dutton's "papers please" laws another attack on rights

12 September, 2018 - Dutton's 'papers please' legislation is yet another unecessary attack on fundamental liberties, Greens Justice spokesperson Nick McKim says...

Tech giants oppose anti-encryption legislation, support privacy of their users

12 September, 2018 - Tuesday, 11 September Australian Greens Digital Rights Senator Jordon Steele-John said this morning he was thrilled that some of the bigges...

Whish-Wilson: 10 years on from the GFC and the Keating-era banking risks still remain

12 September, 2018 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, last night, delivered an adjournment speech on why the GFC is still with us and h...

Workers and Staff Feeling the Squeeze of University Budget Cuts

11 September, 2018 - Australian Greens Education Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has called on the Federal Government to reverse its funding freeze for un...

Greens welcome Virgin’s plastics ban

10 September, 2018 - The Australian Greens have welcomed Virgin Australia’s ban on plastic straws and stirrers.   “The less plastic waste we have finding its wa...