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Gender lens on Budget shows up government

19 October, 2020 - The Greens condemn the Morrison Government for failing to include a gender lens in the Budget, instead leaving it to a non-profit women's org...

Greens back High Court fight to save Murray-Darling

17 October, 2020 - The Greens are backing a High Court challenge to fight for South Australia's water and the Murray-Darling Basin if the Federal Government won...

Morrison must urgently increase resources to get stranded Australians home

16 October, 2020 - Greens Foreign Affairs spokesperson Senator Janet Rice said Morrison’s delay in getting stranded Australians home is unacceptable and has cal...

Rental Report Reveals Tenants’ Covid Struggle

15 October, 2020 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that AHURI’s Renting in the time of COVID-19: understanding the impact...

Case against Dan Oakes dropped but media freedom laws must be fixed

15 October, 2020 - The Commonwealth DPP’s decision to rule out charges against ABC journalist Dan Oakes is welcome but the lengthy ordeal should never have aris...

Liberals 'too busy' for ICAC - doing what?

15 October, 2020 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, says the Liberal Party's continued excuses for not having a National anti-corruption body have become utterly farc...

More evidence of shameful lack of support for disadvantaged and people on low incomes in Anglicare’s Jobs Snapshot

14 October, 2020 - The Australian Greens said today Anglicare Australia’s Jobs Snapshot once again demonstrates the urgent need for a permanent increase to JobS...

Live entertainment industry on it's knees deserves PM's urgent attention

14 October, 2020 - The Greens are again urging the Morrison Government to do more for the Arts and Entertainment Industry after a report released today shows tw...

Greens call on Liberal and Labor to ditch stage 3 tax cuts entirely

14 October, 2020 - Responding to reports that Stage 3 of the government’s tax cuts, voted into law by Liberal and Labor, may not be fully repealed after the nex...

All in this together? Budget entrenches poverty

13 October, 2020 - It is unconscionable that the Government did not include a permanent increase to Jobseeker in the budget. If we can fund billions of dollars ...

Senate votes against delaying liquid assets test for people on JobSeeker 

13 October, 2020 - Yesterday I sought the support of the Senate to disallow the reintroduction of the liquid assets test waiting period for new claims for JobSe...