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Greens Say Yes to Transparency but Where’s the Data Protection?

1 August, 2023 - The Greens welcome the Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media’s recommendations for a minimum set of enforceable transpa...

Great Barrier Reef decision no cause for celebration

1 August, 2023 - The Greens warn that despite the Great Barrier Reef’s one year reprieve from being declared “in danger”, the iconic marine ecosystem remains un...

Government can secure passage of their gas tax changes through the Senate Crossbench

31 July, 2023 - The Greens have offered to pass the Government’s gas tax changes through the Senate if the revenue from the changes is doubled by lowering the d...

Australian Antarctic Division cuts an attack on science

28 July, 2023 - The Greens have slammed the Albanese Government’s decision to cut $25 million from the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) as an attack on ...

Labor must heed UN climate warning

28 July, 2023 - As the extreme climate crisis cooks the planet, Greens Acting Leader Mehreen Faruqi has called on the Prime Minister and the Labor government to...

Bully-Boy Woodside using its massive resources to intimidate and bankrupt peaceful protestors

27 July, 2023 - Australia’s biggest gas polluter, Woodside Energy is deploying its war fuelled profits to hound and intimidate peaceful Disrupt Burrup Hub prote...

Greens back calls for independent body to hold universities to account on sexual violence

26 July, 2023 - Despite the tireless efforts of advocates like End Rape on Campus and Fair Agenda to hold universities accountable, far too many students, parti...

Dutton allegations reinforce need for Royal Commission

25 July, 2023 - Further revelations in the Nine papers today about corruption allegations and Pacific offshore detention reinforce the need for a Royal Commissi...

Murray needs action, not delay

25 July, 2023 - Responding to the announcement that the Murray Darling Basin Plan will not be delivered on time, Greens spokesperson for Water and the Environme...

Senate Inquiry into ADHD Care to hold public hearing in Perth

24 July, 2023 - As the Senate inquiry into Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Assessment and Support Services in Australia enters a critical phase,...

Universities Australia consent education axing an embarrassment

22 July, 2023 - Report from The Saturday Paper: Universities Australia have shelved a student-facing respectful relationships campaign because a minority of vic...

No more public money for political donors

21 July, 2023 - Greens leader in the Senate Larissa Waters will introduce a private members Bill when parliament resumes to stop political donors from being awa...

Govt misses opportunity to deliver urgently needed uni reforms

19 July, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to the Government's decision to progress five im...

Greens urge corporate sponsors to listen to community & say Nup to the Cup

19 July, 2023 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Spokesperson for Animal Welfare, has written to Lexus, Penfolds, Kennedy and Furphy ...

Greens-initiated committee forces government to listen to voices of renters

19 July, 2023 - A Greens-initiated inquiry into the country’s escalating housing crisis will seek the views of the millions of Australians who rent, building pr...