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Seismic testing go-ahead bad for SA

15 January, 2019 - Seismic testing is the first step to drilling in the Great Australian Bight and will have devastating outcomes for SA, the Greens say.   “Thi...

Govt must buy water back for the environment: Greens

14 January, 2019 - The Greens are urging the Liberal National Government to lift the freeze on water buy backs to restore much-needed flows to the Murray Darlin...

Greens call for emergency water measures in wake of unprecedented fish kill

9 January, 2019 - The Federal Water Minister must force the NSW and QLD Governments to urgently invoke their powers and embargo the cotton industry’s water extr...

Greens Call for Inquiry into Horse Traceability Across Australia

8 January, 2019 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has launched a campaign for an inquiry into a National Horse Traceabili...

Fish, minus environmental water, equals mass death events

8 January, 2019 - More reports of dead native fish floating in their thousands in the Lower Darling sends a dreadful signal on the health of the River.   “This...

Saudi woman trapped in Bangkok must be brought to Australia: Greens

7 January, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has called on the Liberal Government to issue emergency travel documents to a young Saudi woman t...

South Australian Government rips off the Coorong, environment and taxpayers, secret audit reveals

21 December, 2018 - The Greens have responded to the release of a secret Ernst & Young Audit report that has shown state governments, including South Australia ...

Government confirms climate accounting trick as pollution continues to rise: Greens

21 December, 2018 - Government confirms climate accounting trick as pollution continues to rise: Greens Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt...

Political donations a recipe for corruption

19 December, 2018 - The NSW ICAC raid of ALP’s headquarters in Sydney shows political donations are a main source of corruption, yet the Government’s proposed C...

Statement from Richard Di Natale on Greens NSW Review

19 December, 2018 - Last night the Australian Greens National Council resolved to work with the NSW Greens to help it undertake a formal and independent review ...

Liberal War on Universities Continues with MYEFO Research Cuts

18 December, 2018 - Australian Greens Education Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has condemned the Liberal Government’s punitive $328.5m cuts to University...

Labor conference fails on climate and coal as Liberals’ Taylor misleads on Paris

18 December, 2018 - Labor conference fails on climate and coal as Liberals’ Taylor misleads on Paris Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP...

Show me the ICAC money!

18 December, 2018 - The Government has failed to budget for its Clayton’s Commonwealth Integrity Commission in MYEFO, proving the announcement was just smoke an...

It’s Adani or our environment, Labor, time to choose

17 December, 2018 - Labor must decide whether it will stand by environmental protections or roll over to Adani and big oil wanting to drill in the Bight, the Gr...