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Greens call on Shorten to commit to scrapping the cashless debit card

21 January, 2019 - The Greens are calling on opposition leader Bill Shorten to commit to abolishing the cashless debit card, should they win Government this yea...

Senator & Water Engineer Faruqi Visited Menindee Lakes & Broken Hill

18 January, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator for NSW and water engineer, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has visited the Menindee Lakes and Broken Hill to meet with locals a...

Greens NSW Senator and Engineer to Visit Menindee and Broken Hill Tomorrow

16 January, 2019 - Greens Senator for NSW, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, will visit Broken Hill and Menindee tomorrow (17 January) to meet with locals and see first hand t...

The Greens won't let Morrison punish councils for doing the right thing: Di Natale

16 January, 2019 - Any local council punished for refusing to host citizenship ceremonies on January 26th under Scott Morrison's new proposal can count on a Gre...

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 under pressure to release secret documents over Menindee Lakes

15 January, 2019 - The Liberal National Government are hiding critical information about draining the Menindee Lakes twice in three years, the Greens say.   “T...

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...

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...

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...

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...