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Greens plan to subsidise wages of coal workers and support communities through winding down of coal

25 February, 2022 - To stop coal communities collapsing, every coal worker should have a decade of generous financial support, including wage subsidies to assis...

Pitt determined to see Beetaloo emissions bomb detonated in the dying days of the government

23 February, 2022 - Minister Keith Pitt has this morning recommitted the Government to fracking the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin through the funding stre...

Greens welcome offshore oil and gas exploration ban in NSW

23 February, 2022 - The NSW Government’s decision to ban offshore oil and gas exploration has been welcomed by the Greens, who have commended the coastal commun...

Billionaires have bought our democracy

23 February, 2022 - The Greens have repeated their calls for root and branch reform of Australia’s political donations and election spending regime with billion...

Statement from the Australian Greens on Ukraine

23 February, 2022 - The Australian Greens condemn Vladimir Putin’s military aggression in the Ukraine, as we condemn all military aggression. We call on all par...

Science funding for Antarctica yet again put on ice

22 February, 2022 - Today’s Antarctic announcement from the Morrison Government is a political ploy that provides no certainty for Tasmania’s globally significa...

Liberals must scrap mandated logging target to save Swift Parrot from extinction

22 February, 2022 - The swift parrot is on the brink of extinction, and only hundreds of birds exist. The report released today by the Wilderness Society, BirdL...

Morrison can't see the forest for the trees

21 February, 2022 - Today’s recycled tree planting  plan from the Prime Minister has been slammed by the Greens as little more than a cynical electioneering stu...

Snowy reimagined as Greens go big on renewables

18 February, 2022 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt MP has announced a bold plan to expand and repurpose Snowy Hydro, the Commonwealth owned corporation, to build over...

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...

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...

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...