Federal Greens MPs News

Media Releases

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 ...

Uni wage theft report a wake-up call for government

20 February, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that a new NTEU report on $83 million of stolen w...

National Reconstruction Fund could become slush fund for coal and gas, Estimates confirms

18 February, 2023 - Questions in Senate Estimates asked by Australian Greens Industry spokesperson Senator Penny Allman-Payne revealed that the Government could...

Vote a strong message on the need to do more to protect devils from becoming roadkill

16 February, 2023 - The Greens commend the Circular Head Council for voting to reduce the Woolnorth Road speed limit from 100 km to 80 km to help protect the Ta...

Nuclear bombers can launch from Australia without breaching Treaty obligations, Minister claims

15 February, 2023 - Wednesday 15 February 2023  Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has just admitted in Senate Estimates that nuclear-capable bombers c...

Nuclear bombers can launch from Australia without breaching Treaty obligations, Minister claims 

15 February, 2023 - Nuclear bombers can launch from Australia without breaching Treaty obligations, Minister claims  Foreign Affairs Minister Penny W...

Federal Labor washing its hands of Gabba rebuild

13 February, 2023 - Questions in Senate Estimates asked by Queensland Greens Senator Penny Allman-Payne revealed that the federal government is outsourcing Inte...