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Days before border reopens, Greens back letter urging McGowan Government to protect Perth’s urban homeless

25 February, 2022 - With COVID cases on the rise, The Greens today have back calls from prominent public health experts urging the McGowan Government to both ho...

Billionaires have bought our democracy

23 February, 2022 - The Greens have repeated their calls for root and branch reform of Australia’s political donations and election spending regime with billion...

Pitt determined to see Beetaloo emissions bomb detonated in the dying days of the government

23 February, 2022 - Minister Keith Pitt has this morning recommitted the Government to fracking the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin through the funding stre...

Greens welcome offshore oil and gas exploration ban in NSW

23 February, 2022 - The NSW Government’s decision to ban offshore oil and gas exploration has been welcomed by the Greens, who have commended the coastal commun...

Science funding for Antarctica yet again put on ice

22 February, 2022 - Today’s Antarctic announcement from the Morrison Government is a political ploy that provides no certainty for Tasmania’s globally significa...

Liberals must scrap mandated logging target to save Swift Parrot from extinction

22 February, 2022 - The swift parrot is on the brink of extinction, and only hundreds of birds exist. The report released today by the Wilderness Society, BirdL...

Morrison can't see the forest for the trees

21 February, 2022 - Today’s recycled tree planting  plan from the Prime Minister has been slammed by the Greens as little more than a cynical electioneering stu...

Snowy reimagined as Greens go big on renewables

18 February, 2022 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt MP has announced a bold plan to expand and repurpose Snowy Hydro, the Commonwealth owned corporation, to build over...

Greens to save Great Barrier Reef with $2 billion plan

17 February, 2022 - Today in Cairns the Greens have announced a more than $2 billion plan to save the Great Barrier Reef and the workers who rely upon it for th...

Biggest coal power plant closure means urgent national climate and energy plan needed: Greens

17 February, 2022 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt MP says the closure announcement of Australia’s largest coal fired plant shows why Australia urgently needs a credi...

Underfunded public schools a national disgrace

16 February, 2022 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to the latest analysis released by Save Our Schools this morni...

Expansion into Commonwealth waters smells fishy

16 February, 2022 - A controversial project to expand salmon farming into Commonwealth waters has come under fire from the Greens for its lack of transparency a...