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Deliver protection for LGBT+ students and staff in religious schools now, not after election: Greens

7 November, 2018 - The Morrison government must deliver now on its promise to remove discrimination against LGBT+ students in religious schools, and include tea...

Greens call for rebel MPs not to be punished for voting for Live Export Ban

6 November, 2018 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, and Australian Greens Leader, Senator Di Natale, have written to the P...

Australian Greens Senator Says 'Nup to the Cup'

6 November, 2018 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has said 'Nup to the Cup' and will join millions of Australians who wo...

Statement from Senator Hanson-Young regarding NSW police officer guilty plea

6 November, 2018 - "In July, in the midst of the public debate regarding comments made by Senator Leyonhjelm about me, a NSW police officer called my office and...

Greens call for rebel MPs not to be punished for voting for Live Export Ban

6 November, 2018 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, and Australian Greens Leader, Senator Di Natale, have written to the P...

Minister Canavan is recklessly misleading the public on petrol prices: Greens

2 November, 2018 - Resources Minister Matt Canavan is misleading the Australian people by linking petrol prices to drilling for oil in the Great Australian Bigh...

Thalidomide hearing an historic and long overdue moment for justice: Steele-john

2 November, 2018 - Friday, 2 November 2018 The Australian Greens Disability Rights spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John said today's hearing for survivors of...

Kids need to be brought off Nauru now

1 November, 2018 - Reports that the Australian Government plans to bring the children it is detaining on Nauru to Australia by Christmas removes any excuse to k...

Adani produces more spin than coal

1 November, 2018 - In an effort to drum up investment in its ailing Carmichael mine, Adani has again announced the project is about to get off the ground adding...

Labor’s environment plan missing key parts

1 November, 2018 - Members of the Labor Party agitating for improving their stance on the environment must fight for investment, and change on the party’s stanc...

No more chances on Live Export: Moss Review shows it is time for a ban.

31 October, 2018 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has reiterated her call for a ban on live exports, following the relea...

While the extinction crisis deepens our Environment Minister is in hiding

31 October, 2018 - Australia’s Environment Minister has let the public down yet again with her silence on the WWF’s damning report into human-driven mass extinc...

Australian Greens Education Spokesperson to speak at anti-Ramsay Centre rally at Sydney University today

31 October, 2018 - Australian Greens Education Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, will today speak at 'Stop the Ramsay Centre! Protest at the USYD Senate' an...

Being fired or expelled for being LGBT+ is discrimination, not religious freedom: Greens

31 October, 2018 - The joint letter from Sydney Anglican school principals shows they want to continue to be able to discriminate against LGBT+ people just beca...

Research 'National Interest' Test a Smokescreen for Political Interference

31 October, 2018 - Australian Greens Education Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has rebuked Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan's proposed national intere...