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Public schools still left behind as Labor tips billions more into private system

10 May, 2023 - Federal Labor has again proven it has no plan to end education inequality with last night’s budget pouring even more money into the private schoo...

Government report confirms abject failures in live export regulation

10 May, 2023 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Spokesperson for Animal Welfare has responded to a new government repo...

Budget shows the environment is not a priority under the Albanese Government

10 May, 2023 - Responding to the Federal budget, Greens spokesperson for Environment Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said: “No matter how they try and spin it, th...

A budget that breaks promises and the bank for migrants

10 May, 2023 - Labor’s second budget lacks humanity and compassion for migrants and abjectly fails to respond to the urgent challenges in Australia’s immigratio...

Women’s safety left behind, again

10 May, 2023 - With every budget the government ignores the women’s safety sector’s sustained calls for $1 billion in funding, leaving frontline family and dome...

Coalition and Labor team up to gamble our environment’s future

9 May, 2023 - Greens Spokesperson for Environment Senator Sarah Hanson-Young responds to reports the Coalition is backing Labor’s Nature Repair Market Bill: ...

Labor’s budget keeps people in poverty, while the wealthy and big corporations win big

9 May, 2023 - Labor’s second Budget is a betrayal of the people promised that no one would be left behind. It makes bad choices that put a surplus ahead of supp...

Coalition and Labor team up to gamble our environment’s future

9 May, 2023 - Greens Spokesperson for Environment Senator Sarah Hanson-Young responds to reports the Coalition is backing Labor’s Nature Repair Market Bill: ...

Quotas for local content on streaming platforms are long overdue

8 May, 2023 - The Greens are calling on the Albanese Government to reiterate their commitment to legislating local content quotas for video streaming services. ...

Labor’s PRRT changes are less than the bare minimum

8 May, 2023 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Nick McKim, has responded to Labor’s proposed changes to the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT). “Labor’s...

Dorinda Cox named the Greens spokesperson for Sport

5 May, 2023 - The Australian Greens have announced WA Senator Dorinda Cox as the party spokesperson for sport. Comments attributable to WA Greens Senator, ...

Energy transition announcement welcome but the clock is ticking

5 May, 2023 - The Greens have welcomed Labor’s announcement today that they are moving towards establishing an energy transition authority but say the lack of u...

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...