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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...

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...

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...

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...

Coalition responds 2277 days late to Senate Inquiry report

15 February, 2022 - The Morrison Government has responded six years late to a critical Senate Inquiry report on the regulation of the fin-fish aquaculture indus...

Identity of Neo-Nazi Revealed to be Former Young Liberals Office Holder

12 February, 2022 - The Age has revealed that a man in a propaganda video depicting three masked Neo-Nazi’s is a former Young Liberals Office Holder. In the vid...

Koala recovery plan must include moratorium on habitat clearing

11 February, 2022 - Greens Spokesperson for the Environment, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said: "Today's announcement that koalas are endangered is a national sha...

‘Akin to torture’: Greens call for urgent investigation into human rights violations at youth prison

10 February, 2022 - The Greens have called for an immediate investigation following alleged human rights violations in a children’s prison today, while again ca...

Greens call for cross-party commitment to end culture of sexual violence and harassment

9 February, 2022 - The Greens have called on all parties to pledge an end to Australia’s culture of sexual violence, harassment and predatory behavior by commit...

Greens secure inquiry into political interference in ARC grants

9 February, 2022 - The Senate has given its support to a motion of Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi to refer her private members’ bill Australian Research Council ...

Greens vow to keep pressure on government to make all workplaces safe

8 February, 2022 - The Greens have welcomed the parliament’s acknowledgement of the abuse and harassment experienced by staff in parliamentary workplaces, but h...

You can't save koalas while continuing to wreck their homes

8 February, 2022 - A new report from the Australian Conservation Foundation released today shows that despite the koala being listed as vulnerable, the Morrison...

Communications Minister looking for a quick fix with election in sight

7 February, 2022 - With the federal election just months away, the Morrison Government has tried to find a quick fix for the ongoing issue of ABC funding by end...

Greens push for Senate inquiry into research veto

7 February, 2022 - When parliament resumes on Tuesday 8 February, Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi will move to establish a Senat...

Government in chaos abandons ICAC pledge

7 February, 2022 - The Greens say the government’s decision to abandon its ICAC promise, while simultaneously trying to push through a hateful bill to protect b...