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Time to establish a national publicly owned electricity retailer

26 September, 2018 - In a speech to the National Press Club the Leader of the Australian Greens, Dr Richard Di Natale, will today announce a plan to establish a...

Greens to seek urgent inquiry into ABC Board political interference

26 September, 2018 - The Australian Greens are calling for an urgent senate hearing with the ABC board to investigate political interference with staffing and r...

Dump nuclear waste plans: Greens

25 September, 2018 - The Coalition Government must abandon its plans to dump nuclear waste in South Australia, not extend their consultation process, the Greens...

ABC must stand strong against attacks from Coalition Government & Murdoch

24 September, 2018 - A well-funded, independent public broadcaster is essential for a healthy democracy, the Australian Greens say. “At a time when trust in pol...

Dutton hanging by a thread: Bandt

20 September, 2018 - Dutton hanging by a thread: Bandt Greens Co-Deputy Leader and Member for Melbourne today said that the one vote difference (67 in favour, 6...

Royal Commission: Major parties block disability community's opportunity for justice

20 September, 2018 - Wednesday, 19 September An Australian Greens motion calling for the terms of reference of a proposed Royal Commission to be expanded to cov...

Senate Calls on Federal Government to Enact a National Homelessness Plan

20 September, 2018 - The Australian Senate has today called on the Federal Government to take a national approach to homelessness and to develop a National Home...

Weak Coalition Government Hands Hush Money to Independent and Catholic School Sector

20 September, 2018 - Australian Greens Education Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has slammed the Federal Government’s announcement today on Catholic and I...

Tick and flick on Adani’s 12.5b litre water pipeline shows big business running parliament

19 September, 2018 - Big business is now running parliament and the Government is not even pretending to anymore, Greens Senator for Queensland and mining and r...

Government approves introduction of anti-encryption bill without making public the consultation process

18 September, 2018 - Tuesday, 18 September The Coalition joint party room must wait until the Department of Home Affairs finishes reviewing public submissions m...

Gov admits it has no renewables policy and stands condemned: Bandt

18 September, 2018 - Gov admits it has no renewables policy and stands condemned: Bandt Greens climate change and energy spokesperson, Adam Bandt MP, said the g...

Greens demand release of Ruddock Review

18 September, 2018 - The Greens will tomorrow move an order for production of documents motion in the Senate, demanding the government finally release the Ruddo...

New Live Export Approval Proves Government Isn’t Serious About Animal Welfare: MPs Must Vote to End Cruel Trade

18 September, 2018 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare Spokesperson and Senator for NSW, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has called the Federal Government’s decision to appro...

Labor tries to walk both sides of the street on TPP

17 September, 2018 - The Labor Party is fooling the community, and themselves, when they say they can scale back the nasties in the TPP in Government.   “The L...