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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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

We've found a way to legalise it

26 September, 2022 - 26 September 2022 The Australian Greens are moving ahead with the first national plan to legalise cannabis.  Senator David Shoeb...

Australian Greens express their solidarity with the women of Iran

26 September, 2022 - The Australian Greens remain deeply concerned at the recent crackdown on dissent in Iran, with official reports of at least 22 protesters k...

Senator Steele-John's response to NDIA Leadership changes

26 September, 2022 - After years of campaigning with a united voice of Nothing About Us Without Us, the disability community and Australian Greens Senator Jordo...