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Great Australian Bight must be protected

17 July, 2019 - The government must rule out drilling in the Great Australian Bight rather than passing the buck to the regulator, Greens say.   “Pressure from ...

Greens call for urgent Australian Government action in the face of cultural genocide of Uighur people

16 July, 2019 - Following Four Corners last night, which showed families being torn apart by the Chinese Government’s mass incarceration of Uighurs and other Mu...

Greens call for urgent Australian Government action in the face of cultural genocide of Uighur people

16 July, 2019 - Following Four Corners last night, which showed families being torn apart by the Chinese Government’s mass incarceration of Uighurs and other Mu...

TAYLOR WILL TRY AND AVOID CLIMATE ACTION FOREVER: GREENS

11 July, 2019 - Greens climate change and energy spokesperson and Acting Leader, Adam Bandt MP, today said that Angus Taylor’s apparent refusal to convene the C...

Media Release: Minister Howarth’s Homelessness Gaffe Shows He Is Completely Out of Touch

10 July, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator and Housing Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has called the Assistant Minister for Community Housing, Homelessness and...

Nuclear waste dump process must be independent

10 July, 2019 - The Greens have called for the process to select a nuclear waste site to be halted, and an independent, expert panel to take over, amid deep con...

Money for Murray-Darling must be frozen

9 July, 2019 - The Greens have called for an immediate freeze on money for Murray-Darling water projects until the Auditor-General can review payments and water...

Students in Distress: New Reports Shows Majority of Students are Impacted by Housing and Food Insecurity

8 July, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator and Spokesperson for Education, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has responded to today’s release of the 2018 Higher Education Accomm...

SA leading the way on single-use plastics

6 July, 2019 - The Greens have praised the South Australian Liberal government for continuing the state's leadership on the environment with a ban on single-use...

Australian Greens announce new shadow ministries for the real opposition

5 July, 2019 - The Australian Greens have today announced updated portfolios, as decided at Monday’s meeting of the Australian Greens Party Room. “Someone needs...

Statement: Appointment as Greens Spokesperson for International Development

5 July, 2019 - I’m honoured to be the new Greens spokesperson for International Development. As someone born in the Global South taking on this role, I am looki...

Greens the real opposition as tax cuts pass

4 July, 2019 - Leader of the Australian Greens Senator Richard Di Natale has condemned today’s bipartisan destruction of our progressive taxation system, declar...

Greens Senator introduces bill to ban live export

4 July, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator and Animal Welfare Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has today introduced a bill to ban live export. The Live Animal Exp...

HELP loan repayment threshold changes will hurt low income workers

1 July, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator and Education Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has said that today's changes to study and training loan repayment thres...

Australian Greens express solidarity with Sudanese in the face of grave human rights abuses

29 June, 2019 - The Australian Greens express solidarity with Sudanese people, both in Sudan and in the Sudanese-Australian community, in the lead-up to their g...