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What scares us makes them rich: weapons expo puts global arms dealers in the spotlight

4 October, 2022 - 4 October 2022 Greens Senator and Defence Spokesperson David Shoebridge will join with peace activists to speak outside Land Forces 2022, a...

Greens set to negotiate with government on housing bill

4 October, 2022 - With the Greens likely to be in balance of power on Labor’s forthcoming housing bill, the Australian Greens Party Room has formally empowered ...

Zero extinction unachievable with new coal and gas

4 October, 2022 - The Albanese Labor Government will fail to achieve its 'no new extinctions' objective if it continues to open new coal and gas projects, the G...

OECD education report a national shame

4 October, 2022 - The latest OECD Education at a Glance report reveals unforgivable cuts to public education spending in Australia during the Covid pandemic, th...

The burning of native forest biomass is not renewable energy

30 September, 2022 - Today the Federal Government’s Native forest biomass in the Renewable Energy Target consultation paper was released with submissions open t...

Loy Yang early closure reinforces need for National Energy Transition Authority

29 September, 2022 - AGL’s announcement today that it will be shutting the Loy Yang A power station in the Latrobe Valley nearly a decade earlier than planned a...

Renters $3000 better off under Greens rent freeze plan

29 September, 2022 - Analysis by the Parliamentary Library estimates that renters across Australia would be $7.1 billion better off if rents had been frozen nat...

Senate Estimates

28 September, 2022 - The Greens understand that the Senate will today support our motion requiring Reserve Bank governor Dr Philip Lowe to appear at Senate Esti...

Greens move for abortion access Senate inquiry

28 September, 2022 - In the wake of Roe v Wade, the Australian Greens will today establish a Senate inquiry into abortion access in Australia.  This inquiry wil...

Goodbye to the Cashless Debit Card

28 September, 2022 - Australian Greens Social Services spokesperson Senator Janet Rice has welcomed the end of the cashless debit card after the bill passed ton...

Optus data breach exposes weaknesses in the AFP and Australia's data security laws

27 September, 2022 - 27 September 2022 There are serious questions over the Australian Federal Police’s capacity to lead the investigation into serious data ...

Greens to table stop-AUKUS petition in the Senate

27 September, 2022 - Greens Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, Peace and Nuclear Disarmament will accept IPAN’s petition and table it in the Australian Senate to...

Greens call on Labor to back National Energy Transition Authority Bill

27 September, 2022 - The Greens have called on Labor to support its bill to establish a National Energy Transition Authority, which was introduced in the Senate...

Childcare changes should be strengthened and brought forward

27 September, 2022 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the government’s Cheaper Childcare Bill, in...

We've found a way to legalise it

26 September, 2022 - 26 September 2022 The Australian Greens are moving ahead with the first national plan to legalise cannabis.  Senator David Shoeb...