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Greens say School Funding Should be Guided by Need and Equity, Not Politics

26 August, 2018 - Australian Greens Education Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi,has said that need and equity, not desperate electoral strategies, should gui...

Liberals "rotten to the core": Di Natale

24 August, 2018 - The election of Scott Morrison as Liberal Leader won’t solve the infighting and self-interest that has paralysed Australian politics for a dec...

Labor and Liberal Government block expanding community vote on nuclear waste

22 August, 2018 - Labor and the Liberal Government have teamed up to block a Greens motion seeking to extend the community vote on a nuclear waste dump being bu...

Corporate tax cut defeat is a win for communities

22 August, 2018 - The Australian Greens have welcomed the defeat of the Liberal Government’s corporate tax cuts Bill in the Senate today.   “South Australians c...

Greens announce new Senate portfolios

22 August, 2018 - The Australian Greens today announced portfolio allocations for their Senators and MPs ahead of the upcoming Federal Election. Australian Gree...

Live Exports License Cancellation Welcome But We Need to a Total Ban

22 August, 2018 - Australian Greens Senator and Animal Welfare Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has welcomed the cancellation of Emmanuel Exports live expo...

'We will finally get a chance to be heard': Thalidomide Group Australia

21 August, 2018 - Tuesday, 21 August Thalidomide Group Australia – a group representing forgotten survivors of the pharmaceutical disaster - said today they wer...

Coal crew has Turnbull by the throat: Greens

20 August, 2018 - The coal-huggers have Malcolm Turnbull by the throat and the government has dumped any pretence of climate action, Australian Greens Co-Deputy...

Turnbull caves in on climate: Greens

18 August, 2018 - Turnbull caves in on climate: Greens Greens Co-Deputy Leader and climate & energy spokesperson, Adam Bandt, said Malcolm Turnbull’s latest ene...

Gov sees Green on power price caps, but NEG means no benefits: Bandt

17 August, 2018 - Gov sees Green on power price caps, but NEG means no benefits: Bandt Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today welcome...

Barngarla and Adnyamathanha people deserve the right to vote: Greens

17 August, 2018 - Australian Greens nuclear spokesperson Senator Sarah Hanson-Young is calling for the community vote on the nuclear waste dump to be delayed un...

Turnbull can’t guarantee the NEG will pass the House thanks to coal crew: Bandt

17 August, 2018 - Turnbull can’t guarantee the NEG will pass the House thanks to coal crew: Bandt Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP to...

Remaining NSW shark nets and those in Queensland now must be replaced with new technology too

17 August, 2018 - Australian Greens spokesperson for Healthy Oceans, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, has welcomed the decision by the NSW Government to end the use ...

Greens call on government to accelerate electric vehicle uptake, following senate hearing

17 August, 2018 - Australia’s failure to join the electric vehicle revolution has dire implications for the economy, jobs, public health and reducing carbon pol...

Bipartisan cruelty toward people seeking asylum continues

16 August, 2018 - Labor and Liberal MPs voting together to retrospectively validate the unlawful detention of up to 1600 people seeking asylum confirms that bus...