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Statement on Labor’s attempt to distract from the slaughter in Gaza

5 June, 2024 - Labor’s attempts to blame the Greens for growing community disappointment over their support for the invasion of Gaza is nothing more than a defl...

On World Environment Day Greens call for Native Forest Logging ban, Climate Trigger for pollution

5 June, 2024 - On World Environment Day, the Greens have called on the Albanese Government to back a ban on native forest logging in order to protect nature and...

Majority want sport free, not locked behind paywall: Research

5 June, 2024 - New research reveals a majority of Australians believe sport should be free to watch for all Australians, not locked behind subscription pay...

No changes planned for barriers to Escaping Violence Payment

5 June, 2024 - The Department of Social Services confirmed in estimates last night that there were no plans to reconsider eligibility criteria for the Escaping ...

Nets out of Queensland now

4 June, 2024 - The Greens are again calling on the Queensland government for an urgent review of the state’s system of shark nets and drum lines, after a humpba...

Treasury confirms price gouging and intergenerational inequality

3 June, 2024 - Treasury has confirmed that corporations are price gouging and agreed that intergenerational inequality is a concern, but Labor remains in denial...

Pollution stays up under Albanese Government

31 May, 2024 - The latest quarterly emissions data shows that pollution has risen slightly since Labor has come into office, with a massive long-term rise in ga...

Rollout of household and business electrification secured by Greens needs to be accelerated

31 May, 2024 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt MP has welcomed the beginning of the rollout of the $1.7 billion for household and business electrification secured by t...

PM leaves climate trigger on table

30 May, 2024 - Today in Question Time the Prime Minister rejected media reports that he had given an ironclad guarantee to big corporations to not allow a clima...

Surge in government spending on private schools fails millions of public school kids

29 May, 2024 - The Greens say Australian governments are continuing to fail millions of public school students with new data showing that government funding to ...

Voting for Palestinian statehood a key test for Labor’s humanity

28 May, 2024 - Following the devastating attack on a Palestinian refugee camp in Rafah, and with Norway, Ireland and Spain set to formally recognise Palestine t...

Husic's corporate tax cut calls

28 May, 2024 - Calls by Cabinet Minister Ed Husic to lower the corporate tax rate show that Labor are massively out of touch and have the wrong priorities, the ...

Just fund frontline services already

28 May, 2024 - The Greens welcome the government’s review to improve prevention of violence against women, but frontline services remain underfunded and women c...

Greens WA Statement on Curtin University Encampment

24 May, 2024 - Following powerful student-led collective action, we welcome reports Curtin University has committed to disclosing investments, research, learnin...