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Community Campaign Delivers Breakthrough on Balloon Pollution

22 October, 2026 - NSW Parliament has today passed legislation to prohibit the release of one or more lighter-than-air balloons into the environment.  This...

"Pick a side": Greens' Vassarotti says pokies are not nightlife as Labor stands in the way of progress

22 October, 2026 - Today, a Greens motion to reinstate poker-machine shutdown hours between 2AM and 10AM has been defeated on the floor of the ACT Legislat...

Indoor air a public health priority, inquiry finds

22 October, 2026 - A NSW parliamentary inquiry into clean indoor air has handed down its final report today, calling for state and national action, including a ...

GREENS’ BILL PUTS RENT CONTROLS ON NSW AGENDA

22 October, 2026 - Today Jenny Leong MP, NSW Greens Housing spokesperson and Member for Newtown, introduced rent control legislation to NSW Parliament that woul...

Labor’s review into KPMG just more tinkering

22 October, 2026 - The Department of Finance has extended its temporary pause on new KPMG Commonwealth contracts to 28 February 2027. Dr Ian Watt’s indepen...

There's nothing refreshing about animal cruelty

22 October, 2026 - There's nothing refreshing about animal cruelty By Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Australian Greens Spokesperson for Animal Welfare   ...

One month to go: Here's what's at stake in Victoria

22 October, 2026 - ONE MONTH TO GO: Here's WHAT AT STAKE IN VICTORIA By Ellen Sandell, Leader of the Victorian Greens    We are four weeks ou...

Our Future Is Not For Sale

22 October, 2026 - OUR FUTURE IS NOT FOR SALE By Senator Steph Hodgins-May, Deputy Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Greens   If you want to ...

Inquiry: Australia’s delivery of social housing is a failure

22 October, 2026 - The Senate Economics References Committee’s first public hearing into Social Housing, held in Canberra today, heard evidence of serious failu...

A Kinder, fairer Australia is possible

22 October, 2026 - A Kinder, fairer Australia is possible  By Senator David Shoebridge, Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Greens    ...

MACH Energy is misleading the Government and Chris Minns has fallen for it

21 October, 2026 - Claims by MACH Energy, that they would sack 400 workers at the Mount Pleasant Mine unless the Minns Labor Government passes legislation to in...

Vassarotti forces Labor's hand on gambling machine hours: 'The time to act is now'

21 October, 2026 - Greens Spokesperson for Gambling Harm Rebecca Vassarotti hasmoved an amendment to a government regulation which, if passed, will reduce ...

Australia-EU Trade Agreement

20 October, 2026 - Greens spokesperson for Trade, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said: “There is a lot to consider in the Australia–EU trade deal, but it could...

STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF HELEN HAINES

20 October, 2026 - Our hearts and thoughts are with Helen Haines, her family, her loved ones, the people who work with her and her community, in the face of thi...

Greens renew calls for mandatory affordable housing ahead of Melbourne Assembly 

20 October, 2026 - The Victorian Greens have renewed calls for Labor to force property developers to build more public, community and affordable housing, after ...