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We know how to Close the Gap, say Greens. We’ve known for over 30 years.

28 July, 2022 - New data from the Productivity Commission reveals that this country is still failing to hit more than two-thirds of the Closing the Gap targets....

Super profits tax needed to offset rising inflation

27 July, 2022 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Nick McKim, has responded to the release of today’s inflation figures. “The government should introduce a ...

Labor & Liberals Refuse to Centre Lived Experience on NDIS Committee

27 July, 2022 - In the first week of Parliament, Labor and the Liberals have joined forces to deny the disability community the opportunity to have disabled per...

Draft legislation to improve ACT tenancy laws

27 July, 2022 - The ACT Government has released a draft bill on rental reforms in the ACT to give Canberrans more security when leasing a home. The ACT Gove...

Please don’t mow our habitat - Jo Clay moves to protect grassy ecosystems from routine destruction

27 July, 2022 - Next week Jo Clay MLA will move a motion in the ACT Legislative Assembly to protect urban land care plantings from mowing and to support educati...

Australian Greens Statement Regarding Myanmar

26 July, 2022 - 26th July 2022 Over the weekend, four democracy activists in Myanmar were put to death by the military junta, including hip hop artist Phyo Zeya...

Thousands of solar-powered buses to kickstart the clean transport revolution

26 July, 2022 - The Victorian Greens will kick start the clean transport revolution by manufacturing thousands of solar powered, electric buses to create a high...

Additional funding to reduce over representation of First Nations people in ACT justice system

24 July, 2022 - To help reduce the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the ACT’s criminal justice system, the ACT Government will allocate...

Funding certainty for critical legal assistance services

23 July, 2022 - To ensure vulnerable Canberrans have access to critical legal assistance, the ACT Government will provide funding certainty in the 2022-23 ACT B...

More funding for the ACT community sector

22 July, 2022 - The upcoming ACT Budget prioritises funding for community sector organisations that provide essential services and programs to Canberrans when t...

A pre-parliament update from Adam

22 July, 2022 - The path towards a different climate future is ours. The government just has to make the choice to take it. By Adam Bandt This week we c...

Now more than ever, our global gender equity work matters

22 July, 2022 - As a party, we work to create a better world for everyone – and that doesn’t stop at home. Over the past three years, the Australian Greens’ Int...

Building a living practice of democracy

22 July, 2022 - All around the world, communities are living by new models of change-making that are dissolving and distributing power. In this excerpt from his...

Our bodies, our choice

22 July, 2022 - The erosion of gender equality, social support and democratic integrity by conservative governments across the world over the past decade is a r...

Abortion should be available in public hospitals

20 July, 2022 - Responding to comments by Anthony Albanese today around abortion, Greens spokesperson on Women Senator Larissa Waters said: “I urge the Prime Mi...