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UK trade deal shows Australia dragging the world down on climate targets

9 September, 2021 - Greens around the world have lambasted revelations that Australia has vetoed Paris Agreement climate goals being included in a trade agreeme...

Australia’s TRIPS waiver support takes far too long

9 September, 2021 - Australian Greens International Aid & Development spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to reports that the Australian Governmen...

Safe decarceration now!

9 September, 2021 - “What do the NSW government want? More deaths in custody? Why aren't they applying safe decarceration strategies for non-violent offenders?”...

Two too many: second First Nations person dies from COVID-19

9 September, 2021 -   The second First Nations person to die from COVID-19 has passed away in Dubbo Hospital, this comes after an Aboriginal man in his 50’s die...

Third First Nations person dies from COVID-19

9 September, 2021 - A third First Nations person has died from COVID-19 in less than two-weeks. This comes as infections in western New South Wales have balloon...

1000 days waiting for a federal ICAC

8 September, 2021 - The Greens have slammed the government for its thousand day failure to introduce a federal corruption watchdog, saying that the four-digit d...

A Human Rights Commissioner should care about human rights

8 September, 2021 - Lorraine Finlay had been appointed as the nation's new Human Rights Commissioner. Formerly an upper house candidate for the West Australian ...

PM’s Women’s Safety Summit just more political theatre

6 September, 2021 - The Greens say day one of the Women’s Safety Summit was yet another exercise in political theatre for a government that remains completely o...

Amid record corporate super-profits, Greens announce new Tycoon Tax to raise $338 billion for public good

6 September, 2021 - The Greens have today announced they will push for a new 40% corporate super-profits tax on the excess profits made by big corporations, inc...

UN calls time on coal, while Murdoch shift from denial to delay

6 September, 2021 - With the UN calling for Australia to quit coal by 2030, but Rupert Murdoch officially moving only to ‘net zero by 2050’, the looming divide ...

Amid record corporate super-profits, Greens announce new Tycoon Tax to raise $338 billion for public good

6 September, 2021 - Media Release The Greens have today announced they will push for a new 40% corporate super-profits tax on the excess profits made by big ...

Morrison Government's assault on science reaches new lows

2 September, 2021 - The Greens have slammed the Morrison Government for politicising science in an attempt to deny the dangerous decline of the Great Barrier Re...

Greens to refer offshore wind farm bill to inquiry for scrutiny

2 September, 2021 - The Greens have welcomed the introduction of the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Bill 2021 and Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (Regu...

PM dodging accountability with new national cabinet secrecy laws

2 September, 2021 - The PM continues to do all he can to duck transparency and accountability with new laws that would overturn a recent court decision by shiel...

One Nation’s JobKeeper transparency stitch up

2 September, 2021 - One Nation has let the Government off the hook on JobKeeper rorts, just as public pressure is mounting to unsustainable levels, the Greens s...