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No more public money for political donors

21 July, 2023 - Greens leader in the Senate Larissa Waters will introduce a private members Bill when parliament resumes to stop political donors from being awa...

NSW Police announce doubling of reward for information relating to the death of Mark Anthony Haines

21 July, 2023 - NSW Police have today announced a doubling in the reward for information relating to the death of Gomeroi teenager Mark Anthony Haines who was f...

Labor's decision to evict 68-year-old from public housing estate 'devastating and unnecessary': Greens

20 July, 2023 - The Victorian Greens have called a decision by Homes Victoria and the Victorian Labor Government to evict Margaret Kelly from her home of 25 yea...

Not far enough - review of cover up of prison officer assaults won’t scratch the surface

19 July, 2023 - The NSW Government has today announced an independent review of the circumstances that allowed Corrective Services officer Wayne Astill to sexua...

Govt misses opportunity to deliver urgently needed uni reforms

19 July, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to the Government's decision to progress five im...

Greens urge corporate sponsors to listen to community & say Nup to the Cup

19 July, 2023 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Spokesperson for Animal Welfare, has written to Lexus, Penfolds, Kennedy and Furphy ...

Delay in FOGO sets Canberra up for climate failure

19 July, 2023 - During Estimates, Greens MLA and spokesperson for the circular economy Jo Clay interrogated delays to the Food and Garden Organics (FOGO) compos...

Greens-initiated committee forces government to listen to voices of renters

19 July, 2023 - A Greens-initiated inquiry into the country’s escalating housing crisis will seek the views of the millions of Australians who rent, building pr...

Call for volunteers as the ACT marks the 10-year anniversary of Platypus Month

18 July, 2023 - Platypus Month is back again for its tenth year, and Canberrans are being encouraged to pick up a pair of binoculars and help monitor platypuses...

Yes pamphlets endorsed by Australian Greens Party Room

18 July, 2023 - The Australian Greens Party Room are proud to endorse the Yes materials supporting the case for a Voice to Parliament at the referendum later th...

Commonwealth Games a disappointing waste of time and money

18 July, 2023 - The Victorian Greens have called the Labor Government’s mismanagement of the Commonwealth Games a bit of a schemozzle and a disappointing waste ...

Recruitment underway for new sentencing advisory council in the ACT

17 July, 2023 - The ACT is one step closer to a new independent expert advisory body on sentencing and law reform, with the release of its terms of reference an...

Government spending on private schools grows at double the rate of public schools

17 July, 2023 - New analysis by the Parliamentary Library reveals that in the decade since the Gonski Review Australian governments have increased funding to pr...

Pokies reform an important first step, but must go further to tackle gambling harm

16 July, 2023 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed reforms announced today by the Victorian Labor Government to reduce gambling related harm, but say they don’t...

Young children must be kept out of criminal justice system, not detained

15 July, 2023 - The Victorian Greens have warned the Victorian Labor Government against giving Victoria Police additional powers to detain children when the age...