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Greens announce Plan for Free Early Childhood Education and Care

6 March, 2022 - The Greens have today announced their plan for free and universal early childhood education and care. Early childhood education is an essential ...

Bandt slams federal flood assistance payments, calls for coal and gas corporations to pay for recovery

4 March, 2022 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt will today announce the Greens’ plan to make coal and gas corporations pay for recovery, including doubling the Disaste...

Dorinda Cox’s February Update

4 March, 2022 - The view from the West: How did we get here? Our climate in crisis and the fight for our future By Senator Dorinda Cox, Yamatji-Noongar woman...

Greens ready to hold government to account on plastics treaty

3 March, 2022 - The Greens have welcomed the UN agreement to negotiate a global treaty on plastic pollution by 2024, but warned Australia not to take a two-year...

International students left behind again by discriminatory government

3 March, 2022 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has criticised the exclusion of international students and other temporary visa ...

Greens welcome NSW Govt commitment to free period products in our schools

2 March, 2022 - The NSW Education Minister has today indicated that a rollout of free period products in NSW public schools is imminent, with her response to Gr...

Greens lock themselves in cage to protest refugees detained in Park Hotel

2 March, 2022 - Four Greens MPs have locked themselves inside a cage outside the Park Hotel to protest the refugees being detained there. Samantha Ratnam MLC...

Pitch in this Clean Up Australia Day

2 March, 2022 - The ACT Greens are encouraging Canberrans to take part in a local clean-up as part of Clean Up Australia Day this Sunday, 6 March 2022. “Clea...

More support for homelessness services

2 March, 2022 - The ACT Government has announced $2.5 million to increase capacity and expansion of specialist homelessness services and support more rough slee...

IPCC Report & emissions data: Australia could lose it all

1 March, 2022 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, has responded to the IPCC report on climate impacts and adaptation released overnight as well as the latest Australia...

Greens call for Perth Festival to drop fossil fuel sponsorship

1 March, 2022 - Amidst devastating floods over east and growing calls for climate action, the Greens are urging Perth Festival, WA Youth Orchestra, and WA Symph...

Government must not abandon housing reform

1 March, 2022 - The Victorian Greens have said the Victorian Government’s decision to shelve its plans for a pipeline of funding for new social housing is a maj...

Delay to live export review welcome: Greens

28 February, 2022 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has welcomed the Department of Agriculture’s decision to extend consult...

Greens call for more ICAC funding following corrupt finding against former Labor MLC

28 February, 2022 - NSW anti-corruption spokesperson Jamie Parker MP has called on the Premier to significantly increase funding to the NSW Independent Commissi...

Green Issue Editorial February 2022

28 February, 2022 - By The Green Issue Editors This year has gotten off to a rather shaky start, even more shaky than the previous two years dominated by Cov...