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Greens to bring on debate in NSW Parliament to stop logging koala hubs on the Mid-North Coast

2 August, 2023 - Greens MP and spokesperson for the environment Sue Higginson will today bring on a debate in NSW Parliament calling on the Government to stop t...

We need new approaches to the cocaine problem, including legalisation

2 August, 2023 - Greens MP and Drug Law Reform and Harm Reduction spokesperson Cate Faehrmann is calling for all options to be on the table in a bid to end the ...

Labor’s Safety Net Bill is a parachute with holes

2 August, 2023 - Greens’ Social Services spokesperson, Senator Janet Rice, has slammed Labor’s paltry increase to Centrelink payments that will leave millions o...

Albanese must address AAD uncertainty

2 August, 2023 - The Albanese Government must set the record straight and address rising fears about what science programs will be axed as a result of a $2...

Full funding for public schools now

2 August, 2023 - The Greens have welcomed the AEU’s new campaign for fully funded public schools and are calling on governments to stop gifting money to elite p...

ACT Gov invites input on same-day alcohol delivery laws

2 August, 2023 - ACT Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury has invited Canberrans to have their say on proposed reforms to the regulation of same day alcohol delive...

Greens introduce bill to expand presumptive cancer scheme for Victorian firefighters

2 August, 2023 - The Victorian Greens will today introduce a bill to expand the number of cancers covered by the state’s firefighters presumptive cancer scheme....

Greens Say Yes to Transparency but Where’s the Data Protection?

1 August, 2023 - The Greens welcome the Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media’s recommendations for a minimum set of enforceable transpa...

Shaping the electrification of Canberra

1 August, 2023 - The ACT Government is consulting on the Territory’s first Integrated Energy Plan, our pathway to electrification. Once completed, this plan ...

Great Barrier Reef decision no cause for celebration

1 August, 2023 - The Greens warn that despite the Great Barrier Reef’s one year reprieve from being declared “in danger”, the iconic marine ecosystem remains un...

Forest conflict - Newry State Forest logging under martial law

31 July, 2023 - The NSW Government’s Forestry Corporation has today started logging in Newry State Forest on the Mid-North Coast with a heavy police presence in...

Government can secure passage of their gas tax changes through the Senate Crossbench

31 July, 2023 - The Greens have offered to pass the Government’s gas tax changes through the Senate if the revenue from the changes is doubled by lowering the d...

Anti-corruption watchdog given more teeth under Greens' bill

31 July, 2023 - The Victorian Greens will tomorrow introduce a bill that would expand IBAC’s jurisdiction to investigate corruption, bringing it in line with ot...

Greens to introduce suite of amendments to improve Safety Net Bill, including raising Jobseeker to $88 a day

31 July, 2023 - Greens’ Social Services spokesperson, Senator Janet Rice, has slammed Peter Dutton’s policy of ripping money from the poorest Australians, and L...

ACT ranked second in Australia for tree protection and restoration

31 July, 2023 - Today, Minister for the Environment Rebecca Vassarotti has welcomed a report by the World Wildlife Fund showing that the ACT ranks second in Aus...