Federal Greens MPs News

Media Releases

Morrison Government must rule out killing more jobs by abolishing local content rules

6 July, 2020 - The Greens are calling on the Morrison Government to rule out killing more Australian jobs by permanently abolishing local content rules and to g...

Public Housing health response should be led by care, not force

5 July, 2020 - The Greens have today said the Andrews State Government’s unprecedented lockdown of social housing blocks had created appalling outcomes for tena...

Statement on Eden-Monaro

4 July, 2020 - I want to thank our fantastic candidate, Cathy Griff, and the wonderful members and supporters of the NSW Greens, especially in Eden-Monaro, who ...

Greens announce new climate targets as modelling shows higher 2030 targets needed to meet Paris goals

3 July, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt has released new analysis showing that because pollution has increased so much since the Liberals repealed the carbon pr...

NSW shark strategy: still a long way to go

1 July, 2020 - Greens Healthy Oceans spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, welcomes the NSW Government’s investment in non-lethal shark mitigation measures ...

Greens call on Morrison Government to take action over Hong Kong National Security Law

1 July, 2020 - The Australian Greens condemn in the strongest possible terms the Chinese Government’s decision to override Hong Kong’s legislature and pass drac...

More missiles won't make Australia safer: Greens

1 July, 2020 - Leader of the Australian Greens Adam Bandt has today said the government's commitment to spend over $270 billion on defence would not make Austra...

Arts industry loses four times as many jobs as construction, receives a third of the support

30 June, 2020 - ABS stats released today show the arts and recreation industry has lost four times as many payroll jobs as the construction industry but has rec...

Governments Continue To Fail Public Schools

30 June, 2020 - Australian Greens spokesperson for Education, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has said analysis released today shows once again that federal and state g...

Greens welcome last minute Community TV licence extension

30 June, 2020 - The Greens have welcomed the last minute extension to the free-to-air broadcast licences for Community TV stations Channel 44 in Adelaide and Ch...

Australia must urgently condemn Israel’s annexation plans: Bandt

26 June, 2020 - The Greens call on the Australian Government to add its voice to global calls and forcefully speak out against the Israeli Government’s plans to...

Greens slam lobbying revolving door revealed in ANAO report

26 June, 2020 - In another damning report, the Australian National Audit Office has found that the government does not adequately assess conflict of interests r...

Public ownership of Qantas International should be on the table: Bandt

26 June, 2020 - It is time to talk about bringing Qantas International into public ownership as part of any further assistance package, Leader of the Australian...

Heads should roll after scathing report into environment laws

25 June, 2020 - Heads should roll over the ineptitude and failure of duty identified by the Auditor-General in a scathing report into Australia’s environment la...

Morrison’s arts and entertainment package, too little, very late

25 June, 2020 - The Morrison Government’s long-awaited package for the arts and entertainment industry, announced today, is too little, very late, the Greens sa...