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Greens the real opposition as tax cuts pass

4 July, 2019 - Leader of the Australian Greens Senator Richard Di Natale has condemned today’s bipartisan destruction of our progressive taxation system, declar...

HELP loan repayment threshold changes will hurt low income workers

1 July, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator and Education Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has said that today's changes to study and training loan repayment thres...

Australian Greens express solidarity with Sudanese in the face of grave human rights abuses

29 June, 2019 - The Australian Greens express solidarity with Sudanese people, both in Sudan and in the Sudanese-Australian community, in the lead-up to their g...

Time to go, Equinor

28 June, 2019 - Greens Senator for South Australia Sarah Hanson-Young is calling on all South Australian MPs to add their names to a Bill to ban drilling in the...

Approval of Ramsay Centre Linked Degree in Western Civilisation 'Outrageous' - Greens Senator

28 June, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator for NSW and Spokesperson for Education, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has called the approval of a Ramsay Centre linked degree on...

Australia can't follow Trump into another disastrous war in the Middle East

27 June, 2019 - The Australian Greens are gravely concerned at reports today that the Morrison Government is considering joining Donald Trump in his counter-pro...

Greens to introduce bill to ban live export of sheep and cattle following new animal cruelty footage

21 June, 2019 - Australian Greens Spokesperson for Animal Welfare, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has today announced that she will introduce a Greens bill to ban all ...

Angus Taylor and Josh Frydenberg must explain their actions

21 June, 2019 - It is very disappointing, but hardly surprising, to hear yet again that Coalition Ministers are more interested in profits for themselves and th...

Labor leadership needs to stick firm in tax cuts opposition

21 June, 2019 - The Labor leadership needs to stick firm in its opposition to the Government's tax cut package, despite the pressure it may be feeling from a ha...

New Spy Powers Unjustified

19 June, 2019 - Peter Dutton's plan to allow the Australian Signals Directorate to spy on Australians is a dangerous and unjustified attack on fundamental right...

Re-elected Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young to continue to fight for SA

18 June, 2019 - Following the final count of the SA Senate vote by the AEC today, Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has been returned to the Senate with the lar...

Greens say Adani fight is 'far from over'

13 June, 2019 - The decision by Queensland's Labor Government to grant approval for the Adani Carmichael coal mine's groundwater management plan is deeply disap...

Statement on the Australian Greens MPs Party Room Meeting

12 June, 2019 - Statement from Australian Greens Whip Sen. Rachel Siewert: Today the Australian Greens Party Room met and re-affirmed the positions of our leade...

Senior Libs must pull Pasin into line

11 June, 2019 - Senior South Australian Liberals must clarify whether Tony Pasin’s push to underwrite coal-fired power is part of the Liberals’ plan for our ren...

Greens statement on Hong Kong

11 June, 2019 - The Australian Greens are deeply concerned at the Hong Kong Government’s proposed new extradition agreement with China.  The proposal will under...