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MEDIA ALERT – RIDE2WORK DAY – SENATOR JANET RICE

17 October, 2017 - Australian Greens transport spokesperson Senator Janet Rice will host a Ride2Work Day meet-up at Parliament House, with the Cycling Promotion...

ACCC calls BS on Turnbull/Abbott war on renewable subsidies: Bandt

16 October, 2017 - Greens climate and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said the ACCC report has confirmed that power prices are going through the roof be...

Huge win for community and environment as Chevron abandons drilling in the Bight

13 October, 2017 - Chevron’s decision to withdraw plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight is a big win for the coastal communities, tourism and fishing ind...

Congratulations Dr Samantha Ratnam, our new Victorian Greens Leader

12 October, 2017 - Australian Greens Leader, Dr Richard Di Natale has welcomed the announcement of Dr Samantha Ratnam as the new leader of the Victorian Greens....

Dutton shifts his prisoners between islands

11 October, 2017 - Peter Dutton trying to move his Manus Island prisoners to Nauru is a cruel and unfair move which reeks of panic and desperation, Greens Immig...

Penalty Rates decision shows labour laws broken and parliament must now override cuts: Bandt

11 October, 2017 - Penalty Rates decision shows labour laws broken and parliament must now override cuts: Bandt  Our labour laws are broken if they allow cuts t...

Tony Abbott should be disendorsed for his promotion of climate change denialism

10 October, 2017 - Greens spokesperson for Healthy Oceans, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has called bullshit on Tony Abbott’s continued climate change denialism s...

Abbott a dangerous fool who still runs the show: Bandt

10 October, 2017 - Abbott a dangerous fool who still runs the show: Bandt Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said that Tony Abbot...

Waxing lyrical about cheap renewables isn’t a national plan: Bandt

9 October, 2017 - Waxing lyrical about cheap renewables isn’t a national plan: Bandt Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today slammed s...

GREENS PUSH FOR NATIONAL ENERGY STORAGE TARGET AND INCENTIVES

6 October, 2017 - The Australian Greens have announced a new policy for a 20 GW national energy storage target and incentives for households and business to inv...

Labor and Liberal leaders sign away basic rights

5 October, 2017 - Labor and Liberal leaders have abjectly failed to make the case for today’s COAG decision to sign away yet another tranche of hard-won rights ...

GREENS CALL FOR ROYAL COMMISSION INTO UNDERPAYMENT OF PENALTY RATES AND OTHER WAGE THEFT

4 October, 2017 - Greens call for Royal Commission into Underpayment of Penalty Rates and Other Wage Theft Following the release of a Senate Inquiry into penalt...

States must resist Turnbull’s erosion of civil rights

4 October, 2017 - State and territory governments should push back against Malcolm Turnbull’s latest attack on fundamental rights and liberties, Greens Justice ...

Death on Manus Island

2 October, 2017 - The death of a sixth man on Manus Island is another indictment on the Labor and Liberal policy of deliberately harming people on Manus and Nau...