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Blaming individuals is not a Covid strategy

18 August, 2021 - Statement from Greens Senator for NSW, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, following today’s announcement of 633 new locally-acquired Covid-19 cases in NSW: “T...

Australia must go beyond our annual humanitarian intake to support Afghanistan

17 August, 2021 - The Greens have responded to reports the Australian Government will pause deportations to Afghanistan, saying it is not nearly enough given ou...

More support needed so people can stay safe at home

17 August, 2021 - The Greens say that State, Territory and Federal Governments need to provide more financial support to people on income support and low income...

Delta variant increases urgency for children and teenagers to be vaccine priority

16 August, 2021 - The Greens say children and teenagers must be urgently included in the government's national vaccine targets and without children and teenager...

Early learning services must be supported

16 August, 2021 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that early learning and care services impacted by lockdowns must be s...

Neo-Nazi revelations more evidence of far-right organising

16 August, 2021 - A shocking investigation by Nine into Australia’s largest white supremacist group has uncovered the most horrific evidence yet of a growing fa...

Electoral Act amendments would undermine democracy and stifle dissent

16 August, 2021 - The Greens are calling on Labor and the crossbench to oppose government amendments to the Commonwealth Electoral Act that would limit democrat...

Australia must respond to Afghanistan crisis

16 August, 2021 - The Australian Government should provide immediate assistance to Afghan people both on the ground in Afghanistan and by providing protection h...

Senate Committee tables fourth interim report into robodebt

13 August, 2021 - The Senate Community Affairs References Committee has tabled its fourth interim report into the Government’s robodebt scheme. “The Committee d...

Kids must be part of national vaccine target

13 August, 2021 - Kids and teenagers must be included in the government's national vaccine targets, Greens leader, Adam Bandt, said today. Young people deserve ...

The New South Wales Department of Justice is Failing First Nations Communities, say Greens

13 August, 2021 - This week, an imprisoned First Nations man was tested for COVID-19 at Bathurst Correctional Centre and was released before the prison received...

ParentsNext has done enough damage 

12 August, 2021 -   The Greens say they are extremely disappointed that the disallowance to make ParentsNext voluntary did not succeed. The Greens are now calli...

No whale should suffer for false sense of security

11 August, 2021 - Another whale is separated from its pod and suffering after being entangled in a deadly shark net which it was forced to drag for kilometres b...

Greens announce move to legislate Live Performance Federal Insurance Guarantee

11 August, 2021 - The Greens will move in the Senate for the Morrison Government to establish a Federal Insurance Guarantee for the live performance and events ...

Tomago and world call time on coal as Morrison keeps selling it to China

11 August, 2021 - Australia’s biggest electricity consumer, stationed right next to a major coal field, is getting out of coal. The announcement comes as nation...