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Federal standard essential on First Nations cultural heritage

29 November, 2021 - The Greens have called on the Western Australian Government to delay the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill until the national standard is ag...

Greens will keep fighting against nuclear waste dump

29 November, 2021 - The Greens have pledged to keep fighting against South Australia being a dumping ground for nuclear waste, despite the Morrison Government d...

Greens to move for senate inquiry into new online trolling laws

28 November, 2021 - Greens Spokesperson for Media and Communications Senator Sarah Hanson-Young responded to the Morrison Government’s announcement today it wil...

Morrison gas plan proves even Net Zero 2050 is a lie

26 November, 2021 - The Greens have slammed the Morrison Government’s 2021 national gas infrastructure plan as exposing its Net Zero 2050 pledge as a short term...

Huge RMIT wage theft bill vindicates casual staff

25 November, 2021 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to reports that RMIT will pay back up to $10 million to casual...

Greens reject Morrison discrimination bill

25 November, 2021 - The Greens have vowed to block Scott Morrison’s religious discrimination bill, saying it was a Trojan horse for hate that went well beyond a...

More action needed to eliminate violence against women

25 November, 2021 - On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women the Greens have called for the Morrison Government to commit serious fund...

Government’s DV Commission is more about optics than women’s safety

24 November, 2021 - The Greens say the government’s Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission is an inadequate response to the women’s safety crisis that ...

Greens call for increase in WGEA’s powers

24 November, 2021 - The Greens say the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) must be given more powers to tackle gender inequality in the workplace, including...

Greens launch plan to strengthen renters' rights

24 November, 2021 - The Greens have today launched a plan to strengthen renters’ rights and fund tenancy advocacy services. Nearly a third of all Australian hou...

Opening the Scarborough a climate crime: Greens

23 November, 2021 - The Greens have slammed the decision to approve a massive new methane gas project in the weeks following the Glasgow climate pact, calling t...

Senate saves ABC from partisan political interference

23 November, 2021 - The Senate has today voted to suspend the senate inquiry initiated by the Morrison Government through a backdoor process to attack and under...

Shameful and traumatic family law inquiry comes to a welcome end

23 November, 2021 - The Greens say today’s tabling of the Final Report of Pauline Hanson’s toxic family law inquiry marks the welcome end of more than two years...

Greens back jailed protester

23 November, 2021 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt has said a 12-month prison sentence for a young climate activist engaging in peaceful civil disobedience was harsh ...

Temporary Visa Holders

22 November, 2021 - Resumption of travel for temporary visa holders is welcome news and a win for thousands of people whose lives have been disrupted for more t...