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Short-stays would be regulated to alleviate rental crisis, under Greens bill

21 May, 2023 - The Victorian Greens have announced their plan to introduce a bill that would regulate the state’s short-stay industry, in a bid to alleviate the...

Greens MPs risk arrest in Wombat State Forest to protest new laws

20 May, 2023 - A number of Victorian Greens MPs have risked arrest today by joining local citizen scientists at the Wombat State Forest for a protest against ne...

Greens urge Government to act on ARC Review

19 May, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has written to the Minister of Education, Jason Clare MP, urgin...

Turning Point - 95 year old woman tasered signals urgent need for NSW Police overhaul

19 May, 2023 - A 95 year old resident of a palliative care home in Cooma is today fighting for her life in hospital after NSW Police officers tasered her not ju...

World to cross disastrous climate threshold as Labor and Liberals push for more gas

18 May, 2023 - As scientists warn that our planet is on track to reach a disastrous 1.5C of warming earlier than predicted, Adam Bandt has slammed the Labor and...

World to cross disastrous climate threshold as Labor and Liberals push for more gas

18 May, 2023 - As scientists warn that our planet is on track to reach a disastrous 1.5C of warming earlier than predicted, Adam Bandt has slammed the Labor and...

Plastic export ban backflip exposes government failure to hold big polluters to account

18 May, 2023 - The Greens again call on the Albanese Government to hold the big polluters to account and regulate Australia’s plastic packaging industry.&n...

Scholarships to grow mental health peer workforce

17 May, 2023 - A new scholarship program will support Canberrans with lived mental health experience to undertake nationally recognised vocational training in m...

Labor blocks inquiry into rental crisis, shows contempt for renters

17 May, 2023 - The Victorian Labor Government has voted down a Greens’ motion to hold a parliamentary inquiry into the state’s worsening rental crisis, showing ...

Victorian Labor Government attempts to stifle debate on anti-vilification reform

16 May, 2023 - The Victorian Greens have called the Victorian Labor Government “cowards” for attempting to delay overdue anti-vilification reform. Earlier to...

Grassroots climate action takes centre stage with local community funding

16 May, 2023 - $155,000 will be granted across six projects to deliver solutions that address climate change under the Community Zero Emissions Grants program. ...

Senate inquiry exposes Labor’s plan to expand compulsory income management

15 May, 2023 - Today, the Community Affairs Legislative Committee held a hearing into Labor’s proposed Income Management Reform Bill, which essentially reintrod...

Broken environment laws are not a free pass to approve new fossil fuel projects

15 May, 2023 - Responding to the Minister for the Environment’s excuse for approving the Isaac River coal mine, Greens spokesperson for Environment Senator Sara...

We know speed kills: how about controlling the car instead of the driver? Feat. Andrew Braddock

15 May, 2023 - This month, the findings of the ACT Legislative Assembly’s inquiry into dangerous driving were released. While there was some important media ...