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Abbott channelling Trump to sabotage NEG: Bandt

4 July, 2018 - Abbott channelling Trump to sabotage NEG: Bandt Greens Acting Leader and climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today slammed Tony ...

Face scanning income support recipients another punitive approach: Greens

3 July, 2018 - Plans to face scan people who are accessing the social safety net shows yet another punitive barrier for people needing support.  “This is the Go...

Leyonhjelm's vile comments prove he's not fit to serve and should resign: Di Natale

3 July, 2018 - Sen. David Leyonhjelm's vile, sexist slurs about Australian Greens Sen. Sarah Hanson-Young have no place in a decent society and I call on both P...

Grattan report shows market era is over for electricity: Bandt

2 July, 2018 - Grattan report shows market era is over for electricity: Bandt Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said that the re...

Statement from Australian Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young

2 July, 2018 - I am seeking legal advice in relation to the commentary between Senator David Leyonhjelm and the hosts of both the Sky News Outsiders program and...

Senate condemns Turnbull Government for hiding from SA Royal Commission

28 June, 2018 - The Senate has today has supported a Greens motion condemning the Government for hiding from the South Australian Murray Darling Basin Royal Com...

Defence Force callout legislation

28 June, 2018 - The increased use of the Defence Force on Australian streets is deeply concerning, Australian Greens Justice spokesperson Nick McKim says. “Legi...

Family violence cross-examination changes

28 June, 2018 - The Greens welcome legislation to restrict the circumstances in which family violence survivors can be cross-examined in family law proceedings....

Three days until remote Aboriginal housing funding expires and the Government must act: Greens

27 June, 2018 - The uncertainty about funding for remote Aboriginal housing past 30 June 2018 (three days from now) has become farcical and must urgently be res...

Foreign Influence and Espionage Bills

27 June, 2018 - The foreign influence and espionage legislation that is being rushed through Parliament will have serious impacts on people’s right to protest a...

Cuts to services for people seeking asylum

27 June, 2018 - The cuts to support for people seeking asylum in Australia are unconscionably cruel and designed to force people into poverty, Greens Immigratio...

NBN must be flexible enough to meet needs of all Australians, in all living arrangements: Greens

26 June, 2018 - Tuesday, 26th June 2018 The Senate has passed an Australian Greens motion calling on the government to deliver a fit-for-purpose National Broadb...

Senate report provides national blueprint to solve recycling crisis and calls for single-use plastic ban

26 June, 2018 - Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, the Chairperson for the Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications Inquiry into waste and re...

Senate must reject Turnbull’s attack on students: Greens

26 June, 2018 - The Turnbull Government is making university more expensive, less accessible and putting more pressure on graduates struggling to get a foothold...