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Murray-Darling report gives Morrison ultimatum: crops or coal?

15 December, 2020 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, says a new report on the impact of global warming on the Murray-Darling makes the fork in the road crystal clear....

Alarm Bells On Housing Stress Must Spur Action

15 December, 2020 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson and Senator for NSW, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has responded to a report by Equity Economics projecting...

Climate and corporate greed biggest threats to Murray-Darling

15 December, 2020 - Greens Spokesperson for Water and the Environment Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said today’s evaluation report by the Murray-Daring Basin Autho...

Morrison makes Australia the OECD outlier on climate

14 December, 2020 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, says Australia is now the only OECD country to rule out raising its 2030 emissions target, as the Morrison govern...

World leaves Australia behind on climate

13 December, 2020 - Last night’s global Climate Ambition Summit confirmed Australia’s status as the world’s climate reject. While Scott Morrison was barred from...

Australia's climate pariah status confirmed by UN Summit speaking list

11 December, 2020 - Australia has been confirmed as a climate pariah as the UN’s Climate Ambition Summit speaking list released today confirms the Prime Ministe...

Greens will oppose IR Omnibus bill

10 December, 2020 - Australian Greens Leader, Adam Bandt says the party’s 9 votes in the Senate will oppose the Government’s industrial relations omnibus Bill. ...

PM must not use Pacific bullying to cover for his climate isolation and misleading of Parliament

10 December, 2020 - Scott Morrison has confirmed Australia’s diplomatic isolation on climate with his answers in Question Time today.  It now appears absolutely...

Anti-money laundering laws

10 December, 2020 - The Government and Labor have again wasted an opportunity to include real estate agents, accountants and lawyers subject to mandatory report...

Greens welcome introduction of News Media Bargaining Code

8 December, 2020 - Greens Spokesperson for Media and Communications Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has welcomed the Government’s indication that they will introduce...

Greens demand answers: did the PM mislead Parliament on Climate Summit invitation?

8 December, 2020 - There is now a serious question as to whether the Prime Minister has led Parliament, said Greens Leader, Adam Bandt.  Mr Bandt was today gagg...

Senate backs call for local content rules for online streaming services

8 December, 2020 - The Senate has today backed a Greens motion calling on the Government to implement Australian content quotas for online video streaming subsc...

Recycling industry at a loss as Government celebrates its own win

8 December, 2020 -   The Government's Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill 2020 has today been passed un-amended by the Senate, despite staunch support for substa...

Statement On The NZ Royal Commission

8 December, 2020 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to the publication of the report of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Royal Commission of Inquiry into the terroris...

Greens to amend IR bill to outlaw insecure work

7 December, 2020 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, said the Greens will move a series of amendments to the government’s industrial relations reforms to outlaw insecu...