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Greens move to remove Minister’s Veto of Research Funding

15 November, 2018 - The Australian Greens Education Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has introduced a bill to completely remove the Education Minister’s ab...

Drilling ban vital as Bight oil spill risks grow

14 November, 2018 - Leaked documents from Equinor’s own oil spill data that show oil could reach Sydney beaches are a wake-up call to all Australians, the Green...

Victoria needs real investment in public transport to fight congestion, say Greens

14 November, 2018 - Following publication of a report by the Public Transport Users Association, the Greens are calling on Labor and Liberal to get serious abou...

We celebrate the ‘Yes’ vote, but remember the fact we didn’t need it and shouldn’t have had it: Greens

14 November, 2018 - The first anniversary of the ‘Yes’ vote is a cause for celebration, but we must acknowledge the harm that the unnecessary postal survey had ...

Greens announce plan to fix NBN, protect digital rights and ensure our digitally-connected world is accessible 

14 November, 2018 - The Australian Greens have announced a comprehensive plan to ensure Australian game developers, innovators, tech entrepreneurs, creatives, a...

Greens ensure LGBTQ+ discrimination in schools inquiry reports in two weeks, including teachers and school staff

13 November, 2018 - The Greens have ensured that the LGBTQ+ schools inquiry will report in two weeks and will include teachers and school staff. The Greens succ...

Gender pay gap won’t close for decades without leadership

13 November, 2018 - The latest scorecard from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency shows an alarming continuation of the gender pay gap that won’t be closed for...

Foodbank funding cuts are a cruel blow to regional communities doing it tough

12 November, 2018 - Funding cuts to Foodbank are cruel and will be a significant blow to Victoria’s regional communities doing it tough and suffering through dr...

Call for shark cull no solution

8 November, 2018 - Calls for mass shark culls by conservative politicians would be an ineffective and irresponsible response to recent attacks in Queensland, ac...

ABC is the answer to soft-diplomacy in Asia-Pacific

8 November, 2018 - The Greens will move for responsibility and funding to be restored to the ABC to share content with the Asia-Pacific region in the Senate nex...

Our nation needs strong public interest journalism

8 November, 2018 - Today’s ACCC decision green-lighting the merger of Nine and Fairfax is another wake-up call to why we need strong, independent public broadca...

Greens Announce Plan for Federal Funding of Rail Tunnel in Illawarra

8 November, 2018 - Australian Greens Senator for NSW, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has announced that the Australian Greens will set aside $1.5 billion to start construct...

Government could be sued for ignoring water laws for Adani

7 November, 2018 - Greens mining spokesperson Senator Larissa Waters says the Government should be sued for ignoring water laws for Adani’s 12.5 billion litre w...