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Greens caution against scrapping COVID isolation period

30 September, 2022 - The Victorian Greens have cautioned the Victorian Labor Government against scrapping the requirement for Victorians with COVID to isolate f...

Loy Yang early closure reinforces need for National Energy Transition Authority

29 September, 2022 - AGL’s announcement today that it will be shutting the Loy Yang A power station in the Latrobe Valley nearly a decade earlier than planned a...

Renters $3000 better off under Greens rent freeze plan

29 September, 2022 - Analysis by the Parliamentary Library estimates that renters across Australia would be $7.1 billion better off if rents had been frozen nat...

Victorian Government must take active role in early coal closure

29 September, 2022 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed news that AGL will shut down its Loy Yang A coal plant in 2035 but say the decision lays bare the need f...

Goodbye to the Cashless Debit Card

28 September, 2022 - Australian Greens Social Services spokesperson Senator Janet Rice has welcomed the end of the cashless debit card after the bill passed ton...

Senate Estimates

28 September, 2022 - The Greens understand that the Senate will today support our motion requiring Reserve Bank governor Dr Philip Lowe to appear at Senate Esti...

Greens move for abortion access Senate inquiry

28 September, 2022 - In the wake of Roe v Wade, the Australian Greens will today establish a Senate inquiry into abortion access in Australia.  This inquiry wil...

Optus data breach exposes weaknesses in the AFP and Australia's data security laws

27 September, 2022 - 27 September 2022 There are serious questions over the Australian Federal Police’s capacity to lead the investigation into serious data ...

Greens call on Labor to back National Energy Transition Authority Bill

27 September, 2022 - The Greens have called on Labor to support its bill to establish a National Energy Transition Authority, which was introduced in the Senate...

Childcare changes should be strengthened and brought forward

27 September, 2022 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the government’s Cheaper Childcare Bill, in...

Greens to table stop-AUKUS petition in the Senate

27 September, 2022 - Greens Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, Peace and Nuclear Disarmament will accept IPAN’s petition and table it in the Australian Senate to...

Urgent need to end to no grounds evictions as rents and evictions soar

27 September, 2022 - There is a desperate and urgent need to end no grounds evictions, with new data released today showing that renters are being hit with...

Greens call on VicRoads to fix licence loophole

27 September, 2022 - The Victorian Greens have today written to VicRoads Minister Ben Carroll urging him to protect Victorians from scammers by allowing them to...

Feedback into proposed gambling harm reforms released

27 September, 2022 - The ACT Government has taken another step towards realising its commitment of reducing harm from electronic gaming machines (EGMs), with th...

Forestry workers would form emergency response team under Greens plan

27 September, 2022 - Forestry workers would be redeployed to an emergency and disaster response team under a Greens plan to end native forest logging in Victori...