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Deliver fee-free uni and TAFE to boost education

29 August, 2022 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has welcomed the Victorian Government’s announcement of fee-...

Greens call on Plibersek to act on global leadership in oceans protection promise

28 August, 2022 - The Greens have called on Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to take a leading role in convening an emergency meeting with UN member states ...

Greens in Senate won’t rubber stamp Jobs Summit outcomes, want wages lift now

27 August, 2022 - Greens Leader and Workplace Relations spokesperson Adam Bandt has said any deal reached at the Jobs and Skills summit risked becoming nothing ...

Nets out now

26 August, 2022 - After the tenth whale has today been entangled in Queensland shark nets, the Greens are again calling on the state government for an urgent re...

Robodebt Royal Commission must be forward-looking to ensure cruel scheme never happens again

25 August, 2022 - The Greens are calling for a forward-looking Robodebt Royal Commission, and for the Labor Government to address structural factors in our coun...

Greens call for nationwide rent freeze

25 August, 2022 - With the upcoming Jobs Summit and recent Everybody’s Home research detailing the impact the rental crisis is having on the broader economy, Ma...

Public confidence in Australia’s environment laws undermined by Tasmanian and federal bureaucrats

25 August, 2022 - Public confidence in Australia’s environment laws has been undermined by disturbing reports of Tasmanian and federal bureaucrats politicising ...

Tax must be on Jobs Summit agenda: Greens

25 August, 2022 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt says Labor’s Stage 3 tax cuts for billionaires and the wealthy must be on the agenda at the Jobs and Skills Summit, j...

Ocean acreage release demonstrates why Labor cannot be trusted to meet its own weak climate target

24 August, 2022 - Labor has made a mockery of its own weak climate target by offering up 46,758 square kilometres of new ocean acreage for fossil fuel companies...

Greens push for Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into Morrison

24 August, 2022 - The Greens are calling for a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into Scott Morrison’s conduct in being secretly sworn into Ministries. Greens...

LGBTQIA+ Workers Left Out of Jobs and Skills Summit

24 August, 2022 - 24 August 2022 The Labor Party has published the Jobs + Skills Summit Issues Paper, and LGBTQIA+ people have been entirely left out despite li...

Greens condemn Labor’s failure to save Murujuga songlines

23 August, 2022 - Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has failed to save the Murujuga songlines, in allowing the Perdaman fertiliser plant to continue developm...

Greens join fight for sea country on Tiwi Islands, in legal first

22 August, 2022 - Today, hearings begin as Munupi Senior Lawman Dennis Tipakalippa sues Santos and the Federal Government over their approvals of the Barossa ga...

GG's failure to disclose PM's secret Ministries defied usual practice, records show

20 August, 2022 - 20 August 2022 Annual Reports show the Governor General has historically publicly disclosed details of the appointment and swearing in of M...