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Murray-Darling the real victim of environmental vandalism at Water Ministers meeting

17 December, 2019 - Today’s meeting of the Murray–Darling Basin Ministerial Council has left the River system in crisis, robbed the environment, and has left So...

MYEFO: Do nothing government dreaming of ever higher house prices

16 December, 2019 - Greens’ Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, responded today to the release of the Mid-Year Economic Forecast and Outlook (MYE...

MYEFO: more than 90% of budget surplus is due to a structural underspend in the NDIS

16 December, 2019 - Australian Greens Disability Rights & Services spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John said the vast majority of the government's reduced bu...

Libs go nuclear at the beck and call of mining lobbyists

13 December, 2019 - The Greens have condemned the Liberals’ plan to introduce nuclear power at the behest of their big corporate mining donors, in the Coalition...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...