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ATO tax report proof of broken system

12 December, 2019 - Data released in the ATO's Tax Transparency Report today showing that a third of our largest companies paid no corporate tax last year are p...

Government response to Digital Platforms Inquiry misses the mark

12 December, 2019 - After dragging its feet for over half a year, the Morrison Government has finally delivered its response to the Final Report of the ACCC Dig...

Scott Morrison caught cheating on climate: Bandt

12 December, 2019 - Greens spokesperson for the climate crisis, Adam Bandt MP, has labelled Scott Morrison and his government a pack of climate cheats and said ...

As Australia burns, the Liberals cheat and Labor spits in the face of victims: Greens

11 December, 2019 - The Australian Greens have slammed Liberal and Labor for their climate failures and embrace of coal, both on the international stage and the...

Religious Discrimination Second Exposure Draft

10 December, 2019 - The second exposure draft of the Liberals' Religious Discrimination legislation has made already bad legislation even worse. "The Liberals h...

Latest Live Export Cruelty Scandal Shows Nothing Has Changed

10 December, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator and Animal Welfare Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has responded to reports hundreds of Australian cattle sold fo...

Adani gets 12.5 billion litres of water while 67% of Queensland in drought

10 December, 2019 - The Morrison Government’s decision not to consider the impacts of Adani sucking up 12.5 billion litres of water from a region in deep drough...

I Was Attacked, Facebook Profited: Faruqi

6 December, 2019 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi has reacted to the revelation that she was a target of an organised far right network of Facebook pages that are profi...

Million Dollar Doping Shows Need To Shut Down Greyhound Racing: Greens

6 December, 2019 - Greens Spokesperson for Animal Welfare, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has reacted to Million Dollar Chase “consolation winner” Nangar Jack testing ...

Greens Senator Calls for Wiping of SFSS Student Debt

5 December, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator and Education Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi has called for the wiping of Student Financial Supplement Scheme debt...

Education Department Merger a Huge Mistake

5 December, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator and Education Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi has called the proposed merger of the Department of Education with Sk...

Shocking Footage of Cruelty Towards Live Export Cattle Show Need for National Animal Cruelty Laws

5 December, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator and Animal Welfare Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi and The Greens (WA) spokesperson for Animal Welfare Hon. Al...

School Testing Results Show Need for Increased and Better Targeted Funding

4 December, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator and Education Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi has responded to reports that Australian students are slipping in int...

As Sydney chokes Scott Morrison must lift his climate ambition to save Australian lives: Greens

4 December, 2019 - The Australian Greens have called on Scott Morrison to lift his climate ambition to save Australian lives, as the NSW climate bushfires leave...

National Party unleashes assault on Murray River, environment and South Australia

4 December, 2019 - Barnaby Joyce and the National Party have unleashed an assault on the Murray River, the environment and South Australia, the Greens say.   Se...