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Statement from Greens Leader Adam Bandt MP on Labor’s Gas Strategy paper

3 October, 2023 - “Gas is as dirty as coal and Labor is restarting the climate wars,” Mr Bandt said.  “Labor’s strategy is not worth the paper it’s writ...

Greens ready to work with government to expedite super on PPL

3 October, 2023 - With the release of the Labor’s draft legislation today the Greens reconfirm their intentions to use their Senate balance of power to facilita...

AAD Senate inquiry hearings commence in Hobart

3 October, 2023 - Antarctic scientists will tomorrow provide evidence to a Senate inquiry hearing into the current mismanagement of funding of the Australian An...

Disability Royal Commission Recommendations Released; Senator Steele-John Responds. 

29 September, 2023 - Today is a historic day, the release of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.&nbsp...

Climate Trigger Needed amid Climate Council Report & New Coal Project Approval

27 September, 2023 - The Greens have today backed an expert report from the Climate Council calling for climate change to be a key objective in new en...

ADHD Senate inquiry to hold third public hearing ahead of final recommendations next month

26 September, 2023 - The third and final public hearing of the Greens-led Senate inquiry into Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Assessment and Sup...

Pezzullo must resign or be sacked

25 September, 2023 - Revelations about Home Affairs Secretary Mike Pezzullo’s deeply inappropriate involvement in the political process and contempt for the pri...

Tony Abbott’s Fox Appointment Shows Murdoch Media Intent

25 September, 2023 - Senator Sarah Hanson-Young is the Greens spokesperson for communications & media: “It is a shockingly bad decision and an indictment...

Janet Rice announces retirement a decade after being elected to the senate

25 September, 2023 - Senator Janet Rice has announced that she will not stand for senate preselection. She will retire in the first half of 2024.   L...

Senate rental inquiry can’t ignore unlimited rent increases: Greens

21 September, 2023 - The Community Affairs References Committee inquiry into the worsening rental crisis in Australia has today delivered its interim repor...

Greens slam Alan Joyce’s $21.4M pay - 300x more than staff - while Qantas nosedived

20 September, 2023 - Lines attributable to Elizabeth Watson-Brown, MP for Ryan and Greens spokesperson for Transport, Infrastructure and Sustainable Cities: ...

Changes to income support payments are tinkering around the edges of a broken system

20 September, 2023 - Today the new rates of income support payments that were announced at the federal budget come into effect. The government’s increase wil...

Brisbane Braces for Access to Dental Services Inquiry

19 September, 2023 - Senator Jordon Steele-John will chair a hearing of the Senate Select Committee Inquiry into the Provision of and Access to Dental Services ...

Greens launch plan to protect native forests and fight the climate crisis

19 September, 2023 - Senator Janet Rice: Our forests should be protected, not commodified. We need a permanent, national ban on native forest logging.

Environment Minister Lawyers up with Coal Companies against Environment, Community: Greens

18 September, 2023 - "Minister Plibersek has one job as the Environment Minister, but rather than protecting the environment today, she is on the same side as c...