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Jobs figures show need for Green New Deal

20 February, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt said today’s jobs figures reveal a jobs crisis in Australia, especially amongst young people, and underscore the ne...

Royal Commission a Climate Whitewash

20 February, 2020 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, has responded to the Prime Minister’s bushfire Royal commission announcement. “This Royal Commission looks like a...

Labor’s 2050 target blows 2 degrees and gives up on Paris Agreement: Bandt

20 February, 2020 - Australian Greens Leader Adam Bandt has slammed Anthony Albanese’s move to adopt a net zero by 2050 pollution target, saying it will blow th...

Government risks Reef 'in danger listing with new coral bleaching

20 February, 2020 - Coral bleaching in the far north of the Great Barrier Reef shows the Federal and Qld Governments are failing to deal with the impact of clim...

Women killed by violence needs accurate reporting and national toll

20 February, 2020 - The Greens are calling for an urgent crisis response to the number of women killed by violence and greater accuracy in media reporting follo...

Greens to introduce Media Freedom Act

19 February, 2020 - A Media Freedom Act to protect the public’s right to know and whistleblowers who speak truth to power, will be introduced into the Senate, G...

Adani toast as India reportedly pledges to stop coal imports: Greens

19 February, 2020 - The Australian Greens have responded to reports that India will stop importing thermal coal within 4 years, saying that it is the death knel...

Bandt: PM's technology target nothing more than a smokescreen

18 February, 2020 - The Prime Minister's leaked plan to adopt a so-called "technology target" instead of committing to Australia reaching net zero emissions by ...

Bandt: We need a Royal Commission into wage theft

18 February, 2020 - The Greens are calling for a Royal Commission to fully investigate the extent of wage theft and below-award payment in Australia following r...

Response to Federal Court dismissal of ABC case - Govt must rule out charging journalists

17 February, 2020 - Greens Spokesperson for Media and Chair of the Senate Inquiry into Press Freedoms Senator Sarah Hanson-Young responded to the Federal Court’...

Bandt calls for growth in ‘renewables mining’ with a Green New Deal

17 February, 2020 - Australian Greens Leader Adam Bandt has called for a growth in ‘renewables mining’ jobs and a phase out of thermal coal as part of the Green...

Holden Cuts Demand Manufacturing Renaissance, Green New Deal: Greens

17 February, 2020 - Australian Greens Industry Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has reacted to news that General Motors will axe the Holden brand and 600 w...

Environment restoration rorts to be referred to Auditor General

15 February, 2020 - The Greens will refer the Environment Restoration Fund and the Communities Environment Program to the Auditor General for investigation, aft...

'Climate Trigger' laws introduced to Senate to stop making climate crisis worse

13 February, 2020 - New laws that would require climate impacts and carbon emissions to be assessed before large-scale projects are given environmental approval...

Bandt: Greens pitch Green New Deal to business leaders

12 February, 2020 - Leader of the Australian Greens Adam Bandt, MP has reached out to the CEOs of Australia’s leading peak business and industry bodies to discu...