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Greens join fight for sea country on Tiwi Islands, in legal first

22 August, 2022 - Today, hearings begin as Munupi Senior Lawman Dennis Tipakalippa sues Santos and the Federal Government over their approvals of the Barossa ga...

ACT calls for minimum seven-star energy efficiency requirements

22 August, 2022 - To ensure that all new homes are built for people and planet, the ACT will call for the National Construction Code to be updated to a minimum ...

GG's failure to disclose PM's secret Ministries defied usual practice, records show

20 August, 2022 - 20 August 2022 Annual Reports show the Governor General has historically publicly disclosed details of the appointment and swearing in of M...

Better mental health and wellbeing for older Canberrans

19 August, 2022 - The ACT Government has today released a new strategy to improve the mental health and wellbeing of older Canberrans by building a more inclusi...

Battery cage phase-out long overdue and far too slow

18 August, 2022 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that today’s announced Australian poultry stan...

Jobs summit must tackle higher education crisis

17 August, 2022 - Ahead of joining the NTEU picket line at the University of Sydney staff strike this morning, Deputy Greens leader and Education spokesperson S...

Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan Will Not Protect Koalas

17 August, 2022 - The Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan will not protect koalas or other threatened species, says Cate Faehrmann, Greens MP and planning spokes...

More questions than answers - NSW Flood Inquiry

17 August, 2022 - More questions than answers - NSW Flood Inquiry Today the Member for Ballina joined the NSW Premier in Lismore for the announcement of the rel...

We need a Mining Super Profits Tax, not record dividends

16 August, 2022 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Nick McKim, has responded to the announcement by BHP that it will pay a record dividend by calling for a...

Greens urge Labor to recommit opposition to PEP-11

15 August, 2022 - The Greens urge Labor to publicly recommit its opposition to PEP-11 after revelations of the former PM’s extraordinary intervention to kill th...

Coal plants would be shut by 2030 under climate bill

15 August, 2022 - Victoria’s three remaining coal plants would be closed within the decade under a significant climate bill set to be introduced by the Greens t...

Family of man who died at Port Phillip Prison demand privacy and respect

12 August, 2022 - Following the death of a man at Port Phillip Prison on Wednesday, the family have asked the media to respect their privacy as they process the...

Greens call for end to toxic parliamentary workplace culture

12 August, 2022 - The Australian Greens say today’s report into workplace culture in NSW Parliament shows that the toxic boys club of politics extends beyond Ca...

Still no credible plan to tackle teacher shortage crisis

12 August, 2022 - The Greens have called on the nation’s education ministers to tackle the root causes of the teacher shortage crisis, after today’s roundtable ...