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David Shoebridge
Senator for NSW

Controversial military exports Bill must not be rushed

14 November, 2023 - Late last Friday night the Albanese Government snuck out an exposure draft for the Defence Trade Controls Amendment Bill 2023 with submissio...

Greens support legal action for transparency on Australian military exports to Israel

6 November, 2023 - The Australian Greens are calling on the Albanese Government to stop providing military export permits to the Israeli Government and provide ...

Wide support for cannabis legalisation in Senate submissions

6 November, 2023 - There is strong support from more than a dozen key stakeholders across the country for the Greens plan to legalise cannabis. The support come...

Greens call for an end to defence exports to Israel

2 November, 2023 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt, speaking ahead of the Melbourne Institute's 2023 Social & Economic Outlook Conference, which he is addressing a...

Justice unfrozen for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse

1 November, 2023 - Today’s decision in GLJ v The Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Lismore has overturned the ruling that the Church is a...

Australian Greens are in Solidarity with the Kashmiri Community

27 October, 2023 - Australian Greens are in Solidarity with the Kashmiri Community on October 27 as they commemorate Black Day. Today is Black Day for the Ka...

A Government asleep at the wheel on youth justice and unlawful and dangerous Unit 18

25 October, 2023 - Attributable to Greens portfolio holder for First Nations, Resources, Trade, Tourism and Sport, and Yamatji Noongar woman, Senator Dorinda Co...

David Shoebridge

13 October, 2023 - In just a year we have already changed the country for the better, and we’re working hard to drive progressive change that makes lives better

Transparency Denied; Defence Exports to Sudan

7 September, 2023 - Australian Government refuses to be transparent about defence relations with Sudan in a time of humanitarian crisis Since April, Sudan ha...

Greens force the release of VIP flight documents

5 September, 2023 - The Greens today successfully passed a motion in the Senate requiring the Albanese Government to produce documents on multi-million dollar V...

Greens demand urgent action to fix mental health crisis in prisons

31 August, 2023 - The Australian Greens are demanding urgent action be taken in Australia’s corrections system to address a mental health crisis and prevent fur...

Defence hands $8.5 million to conflict-ridden consultant EY to design new nuclear submarine regulator 

21 August, 2023 - In the face of a national revolt over outsourcing of key government functions to consultants, Defence has handed another big four consultant, ...