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New gas wells off 12 Apostles mean 28 coal and gas projects approved under Labor

30 September, 2024 - The Greens have slammed Labor’s latest approval of gas projects saying voters now see Labor as climate charlatans. Labor’s Federal Minis...

Federal Labor must step up to save public schools

30 September, 2024 - With the Education Minister's school funding deadline to the states expiring today, the Greens say Federal Labor must raise the federal pub...

Optus Senate Report recommends greater telco accountability, network safeguards

27 September, 2024 - A Senate Inquiry report into the November 8 Optus outage has recommended greater technological safeguards and public accountability from te...

Greens again urge Plibersek to do her job and use the Water Trigger

27 September, 2024 - The Greens have reiterated their call on Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to do her job and call in Tamboran Resources’ fracking projec...

Labor needs to stop defending the supermarket Oligopoly

27 September, 2024 - The ACCC’s interim report on the supermarket sector has underlined the need for laws to stop price gouging and to break up the supermarket ...

Community win: monster seismic blasting proposal withdrawn!

26 September, 2024 - One of the largest seismic blasting proposals ever in Australian history has been withdrawn by proponent TGS following immense community pr...

Greens pressure works as Labor considers changes to negative gearing, capital gains tax

25 September, 2024 - The Australian Greens have said Labor is cracking under pressure from the Greens, renters and first home buyers following reports the party...

Greens senator urges Labor to stop Otway Basin gas exploration

25 September, 2024 - Greens Senator Steph Hodgins-May will visit Victoria’s Surf Coast on Thursday to speak with communities concerned about the proposed seismi...

3 new coal mine extensions bulldoze Labors’ environment & climate credibility

24 September, 2024 - The Greens say Labor can’t be trusted on the environment and climate this election after Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek today approve...

Chalmers must do what the RBA won’t and cut rates

24 September, 2024 - The Reserve Bank’s failure to bring down interest rates puts the ball squarely in Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ court to act, the Greens say. ...

Minister Plibersek criticised for approving native forest bulldozing at Manyana NSW

24 September, 2024 - The Greens have criticised a decision from Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to approve the clearing of endangered native fore...

Offshore fossil fuel facility spills yet again

23 September, 2024 - Up to 21,000 litres of diesel has spilled into the ocean from an Esso/ExxonMobil fossil fuel facility in the Bass Strait, with the offshore...

ACCC’s supermarket price gouging case exposes Labor’s inaction

23 September, 2024 - The ACCC’s decision to take Woolworths and Coles to court for price gouging has highlighted Labor’s complete inaction on the corporate vill...

Greens won’t support RBA reforms until Labor tells the bank to cut rates

23 September, 2024 - The Australian Greens have said they won’t pass Labor’s Reserve Bank reforms until interest rates are cut. The Reserve Bank should lower...

JobSeeker indexation grotesquely inadequate

20 September, 2024 - The Greens say Labor claiming a win on a tiny JobSeeker indexation and a paltry increase to Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA) is an insult...