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Greens offer pathway to pass gambling ad laws this fortnight

4 February, 2025 - The Greens have offered the Albanese Government a pragmatic pathway to tackle the harms of gambling advertising with new laws this fortnight....

AEC donations data drop shows the same big corporations pull the strings

3 February, 2025 - 03 February 2025 Political donations data published today by the Australian Electoral Commission shows corporate control over the major pa...

Greens will support Hate Crimes Bill to strengthen protections for vulnerable communities

3 February, 2025 - The Australian Greens have confirmed their support for the Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes) Bill, recognising it as a step in strengthen...

Greens welcome FDSV crisis accommodation funding, but the sector needs more

1 February, 2025 - Responding to the announcement of $100 million in FDSV crisis housing, Senator Waters said: “Any additional money for crisis accommodation...

Gambling is unfinished business, Greens to push Murphy's ban on Wednesday

31 January, 2025 - Both Peter Dutton and the Federal Government have so far failed to tackle the serious harms of gambling advertising, but the Greens...

Greens call for seismic blasting moratorium as Woodside acknowledges risks to whales and turtles

31 January, 2025 - The Australian Greens and The Greens (WA) have today issued a joint call for a seismic blasting moratorium in Western Australian and Commonwe...

Greens launch election pitch for 50 cent public transport fares, say it would save households thousands every year

31 January, 2025 - The Australian Greens have launched a plan to deliver 50 cent public transport fares across the country, taking the Queensland experience nat...

Greens announce War Crimes Investigation Unit

30 January, 2025 - Talking big on community cohesion while letting war criminals live freely among the people they have harmed is a farce. Australia shouldn’t b...

Greens announce Great Southern Forest National Park on the NSW South Coast

30 January, 2025 - Momentum is gathering for an end to native forest logging. A 2024 survey showed that 70% of people in NSW support an end to native forest log...

Greens support a desperately needed university governance overhaul

29 January, 2025 -  Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and higher education spokesperson, supports and welcomes a senate inquir...

Greens launch candidates in Barton and Watson to champion real change in Western Sydney

29 January, 2025 - Dr Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Greens Leader and Senator for New South Wales, is excited to announce the preselection of Manal Bahsa as the candid...

RBA needs to meet now to cut rates

29 January, 2025 - The RBA should call a meeting immediately to cut interest rates, the Greens say. “Inflation is coming down rapidly, markets are pricing in...

Australian Greens announce plan to invest billions in public hospitals

29 January, 2025 - The Australian Greens are demonstrating their commitment to world-class public healthcare with today’s announcement that they will invest an ...

Australia needs ACMA watchdog, not corporate lapdog: Greens

28 January, 2025 - Responding to reports today that the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) reduced fines for Optus and colluded on t...