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Live Export: Minister Must Intervene To Prevent Departure

16 June, 2020 - Following an unsuccessful last-minute court challenge by Animals Australia, Australian Greens Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi...

Senate calls for urgent confidentiality legislation for Disability Royal Commission

16 June, 2020 - Tuesday, 16 June 2020 The Senate has supported a Greens motion calling on the Government to urgently legislate protections for witnesses seeking...

Morrison’s deregulation plan = Cutting corners and killing koalas

15 June, 2020 - The Morrison Government’s “deregulation plan” is code for letting big business cut corners at the expense of our environment, the Greens say, pl...

Senate calls on Govt to require streaming giants to fund Australian-made stories

15 June, 2020 - The Senate has today called on the Morrison Government to require tech giants like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV and Stan to back and fund Aus...

Greens make crucial Eden-Monaro preferences decision

14 June, 2020 - In Eden-Monaro, where in 2019 Greens’ preferences were crucial in determining the final result, the Greens have made a decision about who will a...

Over 5600 local jobs to rebuild Eden-Monaro from bushfires and COVID-19

13 June, 2020 - Unemployed people in Eden-Monaro would have meaningful work under The Greens’ plan to recover from the coronavirus economic shock in a visionary...

PM fails as National Cabinet dodges deaths in custody

12 June, 2020 - Scott Morrison’s refusal to make First Nations deaths in custody a standing agenda item at National Cabinet shows his words to be hollow, the Gr...

Two thirds of Australians support local content laws for streaming services, new poll shows

12 June, 2020 - Two thirds of Australians support laws requiring streaming services like Netflix and Amazon to show and fund locally made shows and films, new r...

South Australian Labor members have dumped on their home state

11 June, 2020 - South Australian Labor members have dumped on their home state today, backing the legislation to build a nuclear waste dump at Kimba on SA’s Eyr...

Greens Push To Support Unis Defeated By One Vote

10 June, 2020 - The Australian Senate has narrowly voted down a Greens motion to disallow parts of the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benef...

Government says a woman’s place is barefoot and pregnant in a renovated kitchen

9 June, 2020 - Responding to the government’s decision to axe JobKeeper early in childcare, end free childcare and ignore the high rates of women losing work in...

Greens will fight looming Labor/Liberal JobKeeper cuts

5 June, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt has responded to reports the government is considering Labor’s proposal to cut JobKeeper payments for people previously ...

New foreign investment rules a beat-up

5 June, 2020 - Today's big announcement by the Treasurer on tightening our foreign investment laws is more politics than policy, says Greens Treasury spokespers...

Greens welcome injecting facility announcement but call for changes

5 June, 2020 - Local Greens MPs for Melbourne, Adam Bandt and Ellen Sandell, have welcomed the government’s decision to expand the number of supervised injectin...

Rio Tinto must sack boss and front Environment Committee: Greens

5 June, 2020 - The Australian Greens have called on the chief executive of Rio Tinto Iron Ore, Chris Salisbury, to resign or be sacked over the growing scandal ...