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Greens secure stronger climate action, welcome independent inquiry into power grid

21 February, 2024 - The Victorian Greens have today secured reforms that will help prevent coal and gas companies from using dodgy loopholes to meet the state’s...

Peaceful Pro-Palestine Protest at PMs office at risk of shut down by NSW Police

21 February, 2024 - The NSW Police have today indicated their intention to meet with Families for Palestine, a move the group fear may result in a Move On Direc...

Member for Ballina calling for submissions into holiday let review

21 February, 2024 - Tamara Smith MP, Greens Member for Ballina, is calling on her constituents to share their experiences with short-term holiday lets as p...

CEOs come and go, grocery market dominance remains

21 February, 2024 - The upcoming departure of Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci will change nothing while the supermarket duopoly retains its market dominance and cu...

Review shows Canberrans back new and improved heritage system

21 February, 2024 - The ACT Government has today released the ACT Heritage Jurisdictional Review Consultation Report and the Government Response to the Inquiry ...

Supermarkets would be regulated to prevent price-gouging, under Greens' motion

21 February, 2024 - The Victorian Parliament will today debate and vote on a Greens’ motion to regulate supermarkets to stop them from price-gouging and taking ...

Zero emissions grants now open

20 February, 2024 - The 2024 Community Zero Emissions Grants program is now open for applications from not-for-profit community groups and local Canberrans to t...

Reinforcing Failure, Labor refuses to make the hard call to cancel the disastrous $45 billion Hunter Frigates

20 February, 2024 - The Albanese Government is reinforcing and rewarding failure with its review of the Australian Navy’s surface fleet, released today.  ...

Reinforcing Failure, Labor refuses to make the hard call to cancel the disastrous $45 billion Hunter Frigates

20 February, 2024 - The Albanese Government is reinforcing and rewarding failure with its review of the Australian Navy’s surface fleet, released today. More...

Minister cannot say whether $11.5 billion of public land will be sold off or protected from corrupt processes

20 February, 2024 - The NSW Lands Minister, Stephen Kamper, has ducked questions on the first day of NSW Budget Estimates about whether the sale of up to $11.5 ...

End live sheep export: Labor government must legislate the date in this term

20 February, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi joined animal advocates in Perth where National Cabinet  me...

First act of food strategy to commission $178,000 study into agriculture in ACT

20 February, 2024 - Natural Capital Economics has been contracted to deliver a study into agriculture production and the food system in the ACT and local region...

The real immigration crisis is offshore detention

19 February, 2024 - Media and political panic about the arrival of people seeking asylum is disgraceful and undermines community harmony, the Greens say. “Se...

“It should never cost the clinician to actually give a shit” inquiry hears

15 February, 2024 - The final hearing for the mental health inquiry has heard that the current mental health care system is failing domestic and family violence...