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Greens announce bill to impose curfew on late nights flights from Brisbane Airport

6 September, 2023 - With Brisbane Airport set to double its traffic by 2035, Greens MP Elizabeth Watson-Brown today announced plans to bring peace and a good ni...

Greens won’t rubber stamp Murray Darling Basin Bill: Sarah Hanson-Young

5 September, 2023 - The Greens cannot support the Government’s proposed changes to the Murray Darling Basin Plan in their current form. Senator Sarah Hanson-...

Greens force the release of VIP flight documents

5 September, 2023 - The Greens today successfully passed a motion in the Senate requiring the Albanese Government to produce documents on multi-million dollar V...

Labor completes double backflip to support Greens Inquiry into Middle Arm gas expansion

5 September, 2023 - Under pressure from the Greens, Labor has today backflipped again to support an important inquiry into the mammoth Middle Arm gas and petroc...

A change in CEO won’t fix Qantas’s problems - it’s time to consider bringing Qantas back into public hands

5 September, 2023 - Alan Joyce has made Qantas’s name synonymous with price gouging, mismanagement, attacking workers’ pay and conditions, and scandal. I’m sure...

Greens introduce Fairer Grants and Government Contracts Bill

4 September, 2023 - Greens Leader in the Senate, Senator Larissa Waters will introduce the Greens Fairer Grants and Government Contracts Bill to the Senate toda...

Gas Code of Conduct could be sent back to the drawing board

1 September, 2023 - The final Gas Code of Conduct was tabled in the Parliament last sitting week. While this is a complex piece of regulation that needs closer ...

Pay for super on PPL with proposed super tax

1 September, 2023 - The Greens will use their Senate balance of power to hold up proposed changes to the tax treatment of large superannuation accounts until th...

Bandt drums up opposition to Labor’s coal and gas agenda abroad and at home

31 August, 2023 - Leader of the Australian Greens Adam Bandt MP has offered support to Pacific Leaders to demand Labor stop opening coal and gas mines in return...

Greens demand urgent action to fix mental health crisis in prisons

31 August, 2023 - The Australian Greens are demanding urgent action be taken in Australia’s corrections system to address a mental health crisis and prevent fur...

Right to disconnect should be in IR reform: Greens

31 August, 2023 - In his speech at the National Press Club today the Minister for Industrial Relations Tony Burke signalled the government’s intention to crimin...

Plibersek approves Labor’s fourth coal project

31 August, 2023 - Plibersek approves Labor’s fourth coal project Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has today approved the fourth coal project this year, a...

Greens welcome Referendum on 14 October, support the campaign for Yes

30 August, 2023 - The Greens have warmly welcomed the announcement of the referendum on 14 October and recommitted their support for the campaign for Yes. So...

SA make or break it state in the referendum

30 August, 2023 - Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young is urging all South Australians to support the YES campaign as it kicks off in Adelaide today. “Today’s Y...