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Urgent government action needed to fix Tasmanian rental affordability

6 April, 2022 - The release of the April edition of CoreLogic's Quarterly Rental Review report is yet another indication that government must take urgent action...

Greens start their EVs engines in a tight SA Senate Race

6 April, 2022 - Fresh from a record vote in the State election, the Greens have kicked off their federal election campaign in SA announcing a $6.1b plan to boos...

IPCC says it’s “now or never” to quit coal and gas - or last drinks for a liveable planet

5 April, 2022 - IPCC says it’s “now or never” to quit coal and gas - or last drinks for a liveable planet    5 April 2022 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...

Labor lockstep with Liberal on tax to drive US-style inequality in Australia

4 April, 2022 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt MP, says Labor’s appeasement to right-wing flat tax reforms and keeping tax breaks for trusts and property investors i...

Federal Government scraps recovery plans for Tasmanian flora and fauna at risk of extinction

1 April, 2022 - Tasmanian species on the brink of extinction have today lost their federally funded recovery plans despite the Federal Government being well awa...

Greens back aged care workers pay boost

1 April, 2022 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt MP, has backed in calls from aged care workers and their unions for a 25% wage increase for the aged care sector, sayi...

Live export betrayal will harm animals

31 March, 2022 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the reported winding back of the ban on live sheep export to...

Tasmania left out in the cold by Federal Budget

30 March, 2022 - The Greens have slammed the Morrison Government for using the budget for cynical electioneering purposes, while simultaneously destroying what ...

Public education hit hard in hostile budget

30 March, 2022 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that education has been smashed by a budget hostile to public schools,...

Budget of spin and half-measures leaves Australian women underwhelmed

30 March, 2022 - The Greens say the Morrison Government has bungled its last chance to show it takes women’s safety and economic security seriously with an unde...

Scott Morrison’s final budget makes housing more expensive, funds more coal & gas

30 March, 2022 - The Australian Greens have slammed the government’s final budget for making housing more expensive, locking in tax cuts for the wealthy and fun...

Fuel excise Budget cut may vanish but housing crisis and student debt will remain

28 March, 2022 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt MP, says temporary Federal Budget cuts to fuel excise may not even make it to people’s pockets, and that rather than ...

Greens to move for Senate inquiry into biodiversity offsets market and call on Labor to stand up to Barnaby Joyce

28 March, 2022 - The Morrison Government’s new Agriculture Biodiversity Stewardship Market Bill looks set to fail Australia’s environment despite promises to he...

Greens to trial new models of participatory democracy with Public Interest Democracy Fund

27 March, 2022 - On the eve of the 2022 Budget, and in the wake of successive pork-barrelling scandals, the Greens have announced that they will establish a $2 ...

Green boost for budding hemp industry

25 March, 2022 - Hemp has to be one of the most misunderstood plants on this planet. Despite it having multiple uses over thousands of years - including food, c...