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PM Albanese sucking up to King Charles is beyond embarrassing

5 May, 2023 - The Australian Greens have announced Deputy Leader Senator Mehreen Faruqi as their new spokesperson on the Republic. Senator Faruqi has critici...

Gas giants still PRRTying while the planet burns

5 May, 2023 - The Greens have responded to reports that the government’s planned changes to the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax will increase revenue by only $3B ov...

NT jumps the gun on fracking the Beetaloo, Feds must act

3 May, 2023 - In 2018, the NT Government made a commitment that they were lifting their moratorium on fracking on the condition that they would implement all of...

NT jumps gun on fracking the Beetaloo, Feds must act

3 May, 2023 - In 2018, the NT Government made a commitment that they were lifting their moratorium on fracking on the condition that they would implement all of...

Jim Chalmers needs to step in and overrule out of control RBA

2 May, 2023 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Senator Nick McKim responded to the RBA’s decision to raise interest rates by 25 basis points at today’s board meetin...

Figures reveal $123 billion in contingencies for nuclear subs

30 April, 2023 - An extraordinary $122.9 billion, that’s one-third of the $368 billion dollar price tag for nuclear submarines, has been allocated to a so-calle...

Australian Greens Say “Billions to be Removed from NDIS” is a broken promise.

29 April, 2023 - Senator Jordon Steele-John responds to Labor’s announcement that the Federal Government would implement an annual growth target of 8 percent fo...

Greens force rent freeze on to National Cabinet agenda

28 April, 2023 - After sustained pressure from the Greens including the threat of using balance of power in the Senate, the Prime Minister has today been forced...

Budget must make abortion and contraception free

28 April, 2023 - Today is the fifth and final public hearing of the Greens initiated Universal access to reproductive healthcare inquiry. The inquiry has hea...

Rent freeze must be on Friday's National Cabinet agenda: Greens

27 April, 2023 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt and housing spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather have called for a national rent freeze to be implemented by the National ...

Single Parenting doesn’t stop at 13

27 April, 2023 - The Greens are urging Labor to use the upcoming Budget to remove the Parenting Payment Single cut off and fully reinstate the eligibility age t...

Premier’s visit to Burrup Peninsula is premature

26 April, 2023 - WA Premier Mark McGowan symbolically marked the beginning of construction of the Perdaman fertiliser plant on the Burrup Peninsula today. Th...

Millions of Australians face “debt avalanche”- A whopping 7.1% rise in their student debt on 1 June

26 April, 2023 - CPI figures released this morning confirm that millions of Australians will be slugged with a 7.1% increase in their student debts on 1 June. ...

BANDT’S NPC ADDRESS WILL LASH LABOR AS THE PARTY OF PROPERTY MOGULS, OUTLINE COSTED PLAN FOR RENT FREEZE

26 April, 2023 - At the National Press Club today, Greens Leader Adam Bandt will accuse Labor of making the country’s rental crisis worse, saying the upcoming B...

Gas industry boasts about trivial tax payments to avoid $94.5bn tax slug

21 April, 2023 - The gas industry’s public relations campaign to avoid tax reform just highlights the extent to which Australians are getting rorted by the gas ...