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Greens urge Labor to stare down live export industry pressure

2 March, 2023 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Spokesperson for Animal Welfare, has criticised  efforts by the live sheep expo...

Greens welcome Australia's decision to co-sponsor Vanuatu’s ICJ climate resolution

2 March, 2023 - Greens welcome Australia's decision to co-sponsor Vanuatu’s ICJ climate resolution Deputy Greens Leader and International Aid & Global Ju...

ABS figures show further interest rate rises unwarranted

1 March, 2023 - ABS figures released today show that further interest rate rises are unnecessary. “The RBA should not continue to raise interest rates when i...

Greens seek to cooperate with Government to deliver National Energy Transition Authority

28 February, 2023 - The Greens have offered to cooperate with the Government to establish a National Energy Transition Authority, with a Bill currently before t...

Labor can’t ignore mounting evidence for a Murdoch media Royal Commission

28 February, 2023 - New evidence in the Dominion defamation lawsuit against Fox News has revealed Rupert Murdoch acknowledged his Fox News hosts had endorsed th...

Federal Parliament should ban manufactured stone next week

28 February, 2023 - 28 February 2023  The evidence is clear, manufactured stone is the 21st century asbestos and the Federal Parliament should act urgen...

Stage 3 tax cuts are the elephant in the room

28 February, 2023 - Greens’ Treasury spokesperson Senator Nick McKim has responded to the release of the Tax Expenditure and Insights Statement and the governme...

First Nations communities need to be empowered to lead on family violence and child protection

27 February, 2023 - About 40% of the tens of thousands of children in the child protection system are First Nations. Aboriginal communities are also some of the...

Coal and gas to blow Safeguard according to new Climate Analytics report

27 February, 2023 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt says a new report showing coal and gas emissions will overwhelm the government’s Safeguard Mechanism underlines the...

Commonwealth must hold line on Murray-Darling Basin Plan against recalcitrant NSW and Vic

24 February, 2023 - The Commonwealth must continue to hold the line on delivery of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in the face of NSW and Vic pushing to extend th...

Greens to introduce Bill to remove 20% cap on federal public schools funding

24 February, 2023 - The Greens will introduce a Bill to remove the arbitrary 20% cap on Commonwealth funding for public schools’ Schooling Resource Standard. ...

Australia should co-sponsor Vanuatu’s ICJ resolution

23 February, 2023 - Greens Deputy Leader and International Aid & Global Justice spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has urged the Australian Government to c...

Greens to move in Senate for voluntary water buybacks to deliver 450GL for River Murray

22 February, 2023 - The Greens have welcomed reports the Federal Government will restart water buybacks to deliver the Murray-Darling Basin Plan but declared th...

Blocked torture inspectors makes Australia a global disgrace

21 February, 2023 - Tuesday 21 February 2023  Australia has now joined Rwanda as the only other country to have prison inspections terminated by the Uni...

One year on from the Lismore floods, Senate Poverty Inquiry hears from a community left behind

21 February, 2023 - The fifth hearing of the year-long Senate inquiry into the extent and nature of poverty in Australia was held today in Lismore. Almost a ...