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Public schools still left behind as Labor tips billions more into private system

10 May, 2023 - Federal Labor has again proven it has no plan to end education inequality with last night’s budget pouring even more money into the private schoo...

Government report confirms abject failures in live export regulation

10 May, 2023 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Spokesperson for Animal Welfare has responded to a new government repo...

Budget shows the environment is not a priority under the Albanese Government

10 May, 2023 - Responding to the Federal budget, Greens spokesperson for Environment Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said: “No matter how they try and spin it, th...

A budget that breaks promises and the bank for migrants

10 May, 2023 - Labor’s second budget lacks humanity and compassion for migrants and abjectly fails to respond to the urgent challenges in Australia’s immigratio...

New Active Travel Design Guide will help climate and congestion

10 May, 2023 - ACT Greens Spokesperson for Transport Jo Clay has welcomed the release of the ACT Government’s Draft Active Travel Design Guide which will see Ca...

Women’s safety left behind, again

10 May, 2023 - With every budget the government ignores the women’s safety sector’s sustained calls for $1 billion in funding, leaving frontline family and dome...

BUDGET CHOICES PERPETUATE INEQUALITY CRISIS

10 May, 2023 - The choices made in last night’s Federal Labor Budget have further entrenched the inequalities caused by successive Liberal and Labor Governments...

Habitat restoration to improve the ACT’s biodiversity and conservation

10 May, 2023 - The ACT Government is calling on community groups to nominate public open space areas across urban Canberra for targeted habitat restoration to i...

Coalition and Labor team up to gamble our environment’s future

9 May, 2023 - Greens Spokesperson for Environment Senator Sarah Hanson-Young responds to reports the Coalition is backing Labor’s Nature Repair Market Bill: ...

Labor’s budget keeps people in poverty, while the wealthy and big corporations win big

9 May, 2023 - Labor’s second Budget is a betrayal of the people promised that no one would be left behind. It makes bad choices that put a surplus ahead of supp...

Coalition and Labor team up to gamble our environment’s future

9 May, 2023 - Greens Spokesperson for Environment Senator Sarah Hanson-Young responds to reports the Coalition is backing Labor’s Nature Repair Market Bill: ...

Reforming ACT sexual assault laws

9 May, 2023 - Today, the ACT Legislative Assembly passed the first phase of law reforms to improve and strengthen the ACT’s response to sexual violence. Atto...

Quotas for local content on streaming platforms are long overdue

8 May, 2023 - The Greens are calling on the Albanese Government to reiterate their commitment to legislating local content quotas for video streaming services. ...

Labor’s PRRT changes are less than the bare minimum

8 May, 2023 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Nick McKim, has responded to Labor’s proposed changes to the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT). “Labor’s...

The ACT is raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 14

8 May, 2023 - ACT Attorney-General and Greens leader Shane Rattenbury will introduce a bill into the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday to raise the minimum age of...