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More questions than answers on Marinus

19 October, 2022 - Today’s announcement on Marinus Link raises far more questions than answers on what was already a dubious project, the Greens say. Comments f...

Senate Select Committee interim report backs Greens blueprint for IR reform

18 October, 2022 - The Senate Select Committee on Work and Care, Chaired by Greens Senator Barbara Pocock, has today released its interim majority report. Evide...

Trade may drive Australia’s decarbonisation

18 October, 2022 - The landmark Green Economy Agreement (GEA) between Australia and Singapore may be the beginnings of an earnest move towards decarbonising the...

No benefit for students in cookie-cutter solutions

17 October, 2022 - A new report calling for a bank of centralised lesson plans for teachers is a one-size-fits-all solution that undermines teacher expertise an...

Labor talks up hydrogen

17 October, 2022 - The Australian Government will partner with the Northern Territory Government to build a jetty to facilitate the transport of goods and servi...

Full funding, not just words, needed to end family and domestic violence

17 October, 2022 - The Greens welcome the release of the new National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022–2032, but without additional funding ...

Greens at Mardi Grass call high time to legalise weed

16 October, 2022 - 16 September 2022 Greens Senator and Justice Spokesperson David Shoebridge is at Mardi Grass this weekend as part of a nationwide push to ...

Commonwealth $10 million nuclear waste dump legal spend revealed

15 October, 2022 - Since 1 January 2017 the Commonwealth Government has spent at least $9,905,737 on legal work for the nuclear waste dump and the AWRA (Austral...

Without super, or an increase to the amount of PPL, women are still losing out

15 October, 2022 - The Greens welcome the Albanese government's announcement to extend Paid Parental Leave (PPL) to 26 weeks with shared care, but will continue...

Inquiry into poverty in Australia starts in Anti Poverty Week

14 October, 2022 - The first hearing of the Greens’ led Senate inquiry into the nature and extent of poverty and cost of living pressures in Australia begins on...

Methane Pledge means no new coal & gas mines: Greens

13 October, 2022 - Leader of the Australian Greens Adam Bandt MP has welcomed hints that the Labor Party is considering the long-standing Greens call to sign Jo...

Miner's have the right to a safe workplace

12 October, 2022 - St Ives gold mine has suspended activity following the tragic death of an underground mining contractor yesterday. A second contractor has si...

Plibersek must stick to Murray-Darling Basin Plan at Water Ministers meeting tomorrow

11 October, 2022 - The Greens are calling on Federal Water Minister Tanya Plibersek to stick to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan at tomorrow's Ministerial Council ...

Plibersek should rule out BHP Peak Downs mine expansion in koala habitat immediately

7 October, 2022 - The Greens are calling on Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to immediately rule out approving BHP’s proposed Peak Downs coal mine expansion...

Tweaks to tax cuts not the answer: Bandt

7 October, 2022 - Leader of the Australian Greens Adam Bandt MP has said that mooted ‘tweaks’ to Labor’s Stage 3 tax cuts are not the answer, and that the gover...