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Government Bending Over Backwards To Deny Higher Ed Support

4 May, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has labelled the government’s latest change to JobKeeper eligibility rules farcica...

Modelling predicts ‘pandemic price tag’ for young people: $35,000

1 May, 2020 - Young people starting their first job following the COVID-19 crisis will earn on average $35,000 less than their peers over the next decade – a 6%...

Government action needed to prevent more women being killed by violence

1 May, 2020 - The Greens are calling for an urgent crisis response to the number of women killed by violence  
following the murder of Brisbane-based mother Jac...

Head of VicForests is a science denier, role should be reviewed, say Greens

1 May, 2020 - The Greens have condemned VicForests chief executive, Monique Dawson, for her comments towards Professor David Lindenmayer, one of the world’s mos...

Now's not the time to drop taxes for the rich

1 May, 2020 - Bringing forward personal income tax cuts in an attempt to kickstart spending is a shortsighted move of economic vandalism, Greens Leader Adam Ban...

Bridget McKenzie must appear before sports rorts senate inquiry, say Greens

30 April, 2020 - Greens Senators Janet Rice and Larissa Waters have called for Bridget McKenzie to appear before the sports rorts senate committee following una...

Anglicare Report Reveals Depth of Housing Affordability crisis

30 April, 2020 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi and Family, Ageing & Community Services spokesperson Senator Rachel Siewert have ...

Time for Taylor to go: Greens

30 April, 2020 - Embattled Minister Angus Taylor should be sacked, after today’s finding by the Environment Department that a company part-owned by him illegall...

Greens call on PM to push to end global trade of wildlife

29 April, 2020 - The Greens have called on the Federal Government to push to end the global trade of wildlife, backing the calls of conservation and animal prot...

Coal smashing insurers and making Australia uninsurable

29 April, 2020 - Today's House Economics Committee hearing into the insurance sector has revealed the extent that coal is smashing the insurance industry, highl...

No Cash Bribes For Cashed-Up Private Schools

29 April, 2020 - Australian Greens Senator and Education spokesperson Dr Mehreen Faruqi has rejected the government’s bizarre cash incentives for private school...

Minister Taylor must come clean on source of dodgy document

29 April, 2020 - The Greens have called on the Prime Minister to stand down Minister Angus Taylor until he can provide a full account of a doctored document use...

Without scientists, Antarctic infrastructure is meaningless

27 April, 2020 - Today's Federal announcement of the Antarctic Science Strategic Plan continues the Government's blind approach to Antarctic science funding thr...

Greens call for renewal of Community TV licences

27 April, 2020 - Greens Spokesperson for Communications Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has today written to Minister Paul Fletcher asking him to extend the free-to-...

Specialised fast-track of COVID-19 DV cases needs additional funding

27 April, 2020 - The decision to fast-track COVID-related domestic and family violence matters and parenting disputes in the family court must be backed in with...