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Greens introduce Bill to Ban Fossil Fuel Advertising

20 September, 2022 - Greens NSW Upper House MP Sue Higginson has today given notice of a bill set to ban fossil fuel advertising in New South Wales. The bill en...

ACT Policing under pressure to stop use of spit hoods as another jurisdiction ends the dangerous practice

20 September, 2022 - Queensland Police Service has announced that they will cease use of spit hoods, increasing the pressure on ACT Policing to follow suit. The...

Labor ignores opportunity to address housing crisis with Arden precinct

20 September, 2022 - The Victorian Greens have called the Victorian Labor Government’s decision not to include mandatory affordable housing in Arden a backwards...

Greens introduce motion to reverse Maroondah Hospital name change

20 September, 2022 - The Victorian Greens will today introduce a motion into the Upper House calling on the Victorian Labor Government to immediately reverse it...

Greens push for state-wide pokies pre-commitment limits

20 September, 2022 - The Victorian Greens will today push to introduce mandatory pre-commitment betting limits on poker machines across the state. This after...

Australian Greens to introduce Fairer Paid Parental Leave Bill

19 September, 2022 - The Greens will introduce the Fairer Paid Parental Leave Bill to deliver 26 weeks of paid leave paid at replacement wage capped, with super...

It’s time to care for those who work and care

16 September, 2022 - Today Parliament will begin hearing evidence from industry and community groups about juggling work and care responsibilities. The Select C...

Animal welfare documents reveal sickening cruelty

15 September, 2022 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Greens Deputy Leader and spokesperson for animal welfare, has reacted to the release of all 8015 pages of the 2020 ...

Destructive ‘Burrup Hub’ finally under investigation

15 September, 2022 - Save Our Songlines, a grassroots campaign led by Murujuga Traditional Custodians, remains vigilant in its fight to protect their sacred roc...

The NSW Government fails to listen to the community on public native forest logging

15 September, 2022 - The NSW Government response to the 21 thousand signatories of the petition to end native forest logging has been released today and has fai...

It’s time to take the next steps to embrace the Right to Repair

15 September, 2022 - ACT Greens MLAs Jo Clay and Shane Rattenbury are supporting the Hawker Repair Cafe launch, a space where the community can learn to restore...

More energy efficiency rebates available for low-income households

15 September, 2022 - To support low-income homeowners in the ACT to make the switch to electric, the ACT Government has today announced the expansion of the Hom...

Greens propose $1.3 billion plan to address 'bed block' in our hospital system

15 September, 2022 - The Victorian Greens have announced a major health policy that would see $1.3 billion dollars invested in beds to help relieve the pressure...

School funding inequity still the elephant in the room

14 September, 2022 - The Greens say an interim report by the Productivity Commission into the National Schools Reform Agreement (NSRA) obscures the fact that pe...

ARC documents reveal CEO meddling in hundreds of research applications

14 September, 2022 - Senator Faruqi’s order for the production of documents required the Government to provide data on the ARC CEO’s requested revisions to the ...