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More than 28 billion reasons to legalise cannabis

30 January, 2023 - Figures obtained by the Greens from the Parliamentary Budget Office show that the legalisation of Cannabis would generate more than $28 billi...

More than 28 billion reasons to legalise cannabis

30 January, 2023 - Figures obtained by the Greens from the Parliamentary Budget Office show that the legalisation of Cannabis would generate more than $28 ...

Greens welcome National Cultural Policy, will move for Senate Inquiry to investigate details

30 January, 2023 - The Greens have welcomed the Albanese Government’s National Cultural Policy as an important opportunity to end the decade-long government neg...

Greens Commit to A Real Pay Rise for Nurses, Midwives and Paramedics

30 January, 2023 - Greens MP and health spokesperson Cate Faehrmann joined Greens candidate for the south coast, Councillor Amanda Findley, in Nowra today to an...

Family law reforms welcome, but inadequate funding leaves women and children at risk

30 January, 2023 - The Greens welcome the announcement of family law amendments aimed at putting children’s welfare first in family law matters. After years ...

Remaking capitalism takes action, not just words

30 January, 2023 - In response to the Treasurer’s essay in the The Monthly, Greens’ Treasury spokesperson, Senator Nick McKim, said that Jim Chalmers’ pledge to...

Work & Care Inquiry Hearings in Sydney

30 January, 2023 - MEDIA ALERT 11.45AM MEDIA CONFERENCE AT  STAMFORD PLAZA SYDNEY AIRPORT HOTEL Work, Care and Predictable, Fair Working Conditions: ...

Truth-telling needed in Western Australia

25 January, 2023 - Today, Yamatji Noongar woman, and WA Greens Senator, Dorinda Cox called on the Government of Western Australia to commit to a Truth-Telling C...

Political sponsorship of Shaghayegh Khademi and Mahya Vahedi

24 January, 2023 - Australian Greens Senator Larissa Waters has today written to the Iranian Ambassador stating her political sponsorship of Shaghayegh Khademi ...

World marks Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons over weekend but again Australia is silent

23 January, 2023 - Over the weekend, the world marked the second anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. On the...

Ombudsman paints a damning picture of immigration detention

23 January, 2023 - A new Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) report by the Commonwealth Ombudsman into immigration detention reveals the disturbing and inhumane ...

Tassie devil vote absurd and disgraceful

20 January, 2023 - A plan to reduce the speed limit on a 25km stretch of road responsible for a quarter of Tasmanian devil deaths on state roads* was quashed la...

Underfunding to blame for inequality crisis in schools

20 January, 2023 - The Greens say the findings in today’s Productivity Commission report into the National School Reform Agreement (NSRA) are irrefutable eviden...

Woodside needs to clean up after itself

19 January, 2023 - An oil tower containing toxic chemicals once used by Woodside to produce oil near the Ningaloo Reef ceased operations and should have been de...