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Industrial Relations bill must put workers and carers first

27 October, 2022 - New industrial relations laws must work for women and carers and lift the wages of the low paid, the Greens say, as the government introduces...

Labor’s 1 million home claim is a complete con job

26 October, 2022 - Lines attributable to Max Chandler-Mather MP, Greens spokesperson for housing and homelessness: Over the last five years the private sector b...

Labor’s private school cash splash a Morrison throwback

26 October, 2022 - Labor’s budget has failed the public schools test, committing even more to private schools than the Morrison Government pledged in its March ...

Paid FDV Leave passes the Senate, finally!

26 October, 2022 - The Greens welcome passage of the Bill to give employees access to 10 days paid family and domestic violence leave. It is a long overdue refo...

Budget provides $9000 a year for the wealthy and does nothing to raise the rate of income support.

26 October, 2022 - Australian Greens Social Services spokesperson Senator Janet Rice has condemned Labor’s decision to give tax cuts to the wealthy while one th...

Greens welcome funding for national Truth and Treaty processes

26 October, 2022 - “Funding national Truth and Treaty processes is an investment in real power for First Nations people.” Said the Greens spokesperson for First...

Parents and carers left waiting for Labor’s far off budget promises

26 October, 2022 - Greens spokesperson for Finance Senator Barbara Pocock is disappointed by Labor’s delayed attempts to improve support and lower cost of livin...

There’s a threatened species crisis - yet no money in the Budget for native forests and habitat restoration.

26 October, 2022 - Australian Greens Spokesperson for Forests, Janet Rice, has lashed out at the Labor Government for failing to budget to protect native forest...

No buck for the bang in ‘women-centred’ budget

26 October, 2022 - Labor’s Women’s Budget Statement outlines the problems women face, but offers very little when it comes to delivering the solutions women nee...

Labor making pain last longer than necessary

24 October, 2022 - In response to statements from the Treasurer tat the Budget will see wages go backwards for another two years and paid parental leave measure...

Ending pay secrecy alone won’t close gender pay gap

21 October, 2022 - The Greens welcome the announcement this week that the government’s Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill will include new rules to end pay secrecy cl...

Labor must establish National Energy Transition Authority in Budget

21 October, 2022 - The Greens say coal workers and communities deserve a National Energy Transition Authority in Tuesday’s budget in the wake of Queensland and ...

First hearing of the inquiry into the extent and nature of poverty in Australia

20 October, 2022 - The first hearing of the inquiry into the extent and nature of poverty in Australia has heard from community organisations, advocacy groups a...

Cost of top end tax cuts surges past a quarter of a trillion dollars

20 October, 2022 - Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ revelations that the cost of the Stage 3 tax cuts for CEOs, politicians and billionaires has surged over a quarter of...