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Greens welcome paid DV leave, call on Labor to act on housing

28 July, 2022 - The Greens welcome the introduction of laws making 10 days paid domestic and family violence leave available to all employees, but have called o...

Super profits tax needed to offset rising inflation

27 July, 2022 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Nick McKim, has responded to the release of today’s inflation figures. “The government should introduce a ...

Labor & Liberals Refuse to Centre Lived Experience on NDIS Committee

27 July, 2022 - In the first week of Parliament, Labor and the Liberals have joined forces to deny the disability community the opportunity to have disabled per...

Australian Greens Statement Regarding Myanmar

26 July, 2022 - 26th July 2022 Over the weekend, four democracy activists in Myanmar were put to death by the military junta, including hip hop artist Phyo Zeya...

Abortion should be available in public hospitals

20 July, 2022 - Responding to comments by Anthony Albanese today around abortion, Greens spokesperson on Women Senator Larissa Waters said: “I urge the Prime Mi...

Greens to begin formal negotiations on climate bill

20 July, 2022 - The Australian Greens Party Room has met and had its first discussion regarding the government's Climate Change Bill and has empowered Greens Le...

State of the Environment: Greens push to halt extinction and for 'Climate Trigger'

19 July, 2022 - The Greens are urging the Albanese Government to stop approving new mines and developments in threatened species habitat to halt extinction and ...

Jobs for mates undermines democracy

18 July, 2022 - With the Grattan Institute today revealing that at least one in five government board appointments are being gifted to political mates, the Gree...

PM needs to choose: co-operation or confrontation?

13 July, 2022 - Responding to the Prime Minister’s attempts to rewrite history and issue ‘take it or leave it’ ultimatums to the Parliament, Greens Leader Adam ...

As Pacific Leaders declare climate emergency, Australia must stop new coal & gas

12 July, 2022 - Australia must walk the talk on climate commitments in the Pacific this week by stopping new coal and gas projects, the Greens have warned, afte...

Community Legal Centres and First Nations justice investment can’t wait

12 July, 2022 - Community Legal Centres across the country are in crisis, forced to turn away thousands of people in desperate need of legal assistance, after m...

New coal and gas projects will be the real test for Labor in the Pacific

11 July, 2022 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt has called on the government to promise Pacific Leaders that Australia will stop opening coal and gas projects, ahead o...

Environment Minister must rule out new coal projects

11 July, 2022 - The Federal Environment Minister must rule out approving the 27 new coal projects set to come across her desk according to analysis by the Sunri...

WA Government has a duty of care to protect children: Greens

6 July, 2022 - The appalling state of WA’s prisons should be fully investigated, following news overnight that children as young as 14 will be transferred from ...

Greens call on government to back Vanuatu’s climate change initiative

4 July, 2022 - Deputy Greens Leader and International Aid & Global Justice spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has today written to Prime Minister Anthony Alban...