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Public school funding gap a fraction of government spending on private sector

28 August, 2023 - The Greens say that the funding shortfall to public schools could be met by reducing government spending on the overfunded private system by o...

Fossil fuels emissions rise threatens climate, Labor’s targets

25 August, 2023 - The Australian Greens say emissions data released today showing a 2.1% rise in oil and gas emissions over the year to March 2023, to...

Greens call on Labor to consider renationalising Qantas if it refuses to pay back Covid subsidies

25 August, 2023 - The Greens are calling on Qantas to pay back the $2.7 billion in public money it received during the Covid pandemic, and requesting that the f...

Incremental change to gender pay gap little comfort as cost of living bites

25 August, 2023 - On Equal Pay Day this year, women will have worked an extra 56 days, on average, to earn the same as men. The current national gender pay gap ...

Labor robbing future generations by backing coal & gas and refusing real tax reform

24 August, 2023 - The government would have nearly another trillion dollars to tackle intergenerational inequality if Labor implemented popular and progressive ...

Disadvantaged students pay price for two-tiered school system

23 August, 2023 - The Greens say today’s NAPLAN results are evidence that Australia’s two-tiered school system is supercharging disadvantage, and have called fo...

Labor’s decision on Greens’ gas tax amendments a key test

22 August, 2023 - The Greens say they will not be cowed by Labor’s desperate attempts to pass their weak gas tax unamended, and will move amendments when the PR...

Greens welcome overdue Australian Research Council reforms

22 August, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has welcomed the Government’s decision to accept the recomme...

Defence hands $8.5 million to conflict-ridden consultant EY to design new nuclear submarine regulator 

21 August, 2023 - In the face of a national revolt over outsourcing of key government functions to consultants, Defence has handed another big four consultant, ...

National conference confirms Labor now Australia’s centre-right party

18 August, 2023 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt said that even with the generously-named “Left” faction holding the numbers in the Party, the Labor National Conferen...

Greens force Albanese government to spill the beans on VIP flights for politicians

18 August, 2023 - The public has paid millions to fly senior politicians around on “special purpose” VIP flights according to documents forced from the Albanese...

Greens call on Sydney Uni to hand back dirty gambling industry funds

17 August, 2023 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Greens Leader and Education spokesperson, has slammed Sydney University for accepting funding from the gambling...

Full funding needed to end violence against women and children

17 August, 2023 - The Greens welcome the belated release of the First Action Plan and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Action Plan under the National P...

Unfair rent increases are now Labor's fault: Greens

16 August, 2023 - Greens pressure has so far forced the government to spend an additional $2b on housing and has put renters rights on the national agenda, but ...