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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...

Poverty in Australia Senate Inquiry Interim Report Tabled

4 May, 2023 - Senate committee recommends government take urgent action on poverty, but Labor refuses to support their own calls while in Opposition to raise Jo...

NT jumps the gun on fracking the Beetaloo, Feds must act

3 May, 2023 - In 2018, the NT Government made a commitment that they were lifting their moratorium on fracking on the condition that they would implement all of...

NT jumps gun on fracking the Beetaloo, Feds must act

3 May, 2023 - In 2018, the NT Government made a commitment that they were lifting their moratorium on fracking on the condition that they would implement all of...

Jim Chalmers needs to step in and overrule out of control RBA

2 May, 2023 - Greens Treasury spokesperson Senator Nick McKim responded to the RBA’s decision to raise interest rates by 25 basis points at today’s board meetin...

Figures reveal $123 billion in contingencies for nuclear subs

30 April, 2023 - An extraordinary $122.9 billion, that’s one-third of the $368 billion dollar price tag for nuclear submarines, has been allocated to a so-calle...

Australian Greens Say “Billions to be Removed from NDIS” is a broken promise.

29 April, 2023 - Senator Jordon Steele-John responds to Labor’s announcement that the Federal Government would implement an annual growth target of 8 percent fo...

Greens force rent freeze on to National Cabinet agenda

28 April, 2023 - After sustained pressure from the Greens including the threat of using balance of power in the Senate, the Prime Minister has today been forced...