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Polling shows highest ever support for free uni and TAFE

30 June, 2023 - Independent polling commissioned by the office of Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi shows that m...

Senate hearings show 'Green Wall Street' won't protect nature & should be binned

30 June, 2023 - Responding to evidence presented at the hearing into the Government’s Nature Repair Market Bill held today in Canberra, Greens spokesp...

Nature Repair Market should be scrapped in light of Plibersek’s offsets audit

29 June, 2023 - Responding to Environment Minister Plibersek’s announcement of an environmental offsets audit, Greens spokesperson for the Environment Senator S...

Is Labor up to the task of its Zero Extinction pledge?

29 June, 2023 - Minister Plibersek must show the strong political leadership necessary to uphold her own Zero Extinctions pledge and save the Tasmanian Maugean ...

Senate Inquiry into ADHD Care to hold historic first public hearing today.

29 June, 2023 - The Senate inquiry into attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) Assessment and support services in Australia will this week convene for ...

Mining billionaires silence First Nations voices on WA cultural heritage

28 June, 2023 - Western Australia’s new Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act comes into effect on July 1. A one-year delay, until July 2024, has been rushed thro...

Another day, another coal mine given Plibersek stamp

28 June, 2023 - Yesterday Minister Plibersek waved through another coal mine in Queensland, Star Coal, deeming that it would not have significant impact on the ...

Government must commit to gambling ad reforms immediately

28 June, 2023 - In response to the gambling inquiry report out today, Greens spokesperson for Gambling Reform, Senator Janet Rice said: “Today’s gambli...

Greens’ Top Ten priorities for referrals to the NACC

27 June, 2023 - After nine years of Coalition Government, issues with integrity have been a constant theme with decision making that was partisan, politicised a...

Sheep abuse allegations demonstrate need for urgent live export phase out

27 June, 2023 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Spokesperson for Animal Welfare, has responded to allegations that thousands of shee...

Labor caves to big business on tax transparency

23 June, 2023 - Labor has yet again done the bidding of big business and wound back its plans for tax transparency, showing who really pulls the levers in Austr...

Elite schools awash with public cash

22 June, 2023 - The Greens say new data showing the sheer scale of government overfunding of private schools puts pressure on Labor to ensure that public school...

Conservatives team up to reintroduce Cashless Debit Card 2.0

22 June, 2023 - The Greens have condemned the Labor party for betraying people on income support, most of whom are First Nations people, by reversing their elec...

Reports of barbaric killing of kangaroos must spur action

21 June, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Spokesperson for Animal Welfare Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to horrific revelations about commercia...

Greens to oppose NAIF bill unless it stops funding coal and gas

21 June, 2023 - The Greens say the Federal Government must ensure that the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) can not be used for coal and gas pr...