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Reinforcing Failure, Labor refuses to make the hard call to cancel the disastrous $45 billion Hunter Frigates

20 February, 2024 - The Albanese Government is reinforcing and rewarding failure with its review of the Australian Navy’s surface fleet, released today.  ...

Reinforcing Failure, Labor refuses to make the hard call to cancel the disastrous $45 billion Hunter Frigates

20 February, 2024 - The Albanese Government is reinforcing and rewarding failure with its review of the Australian Navy’s surface fleet, released today. More...

Minister cannot say whether $11.5 billion of public land will be sold off or protected from corrupt processes

20 February, 2024 - The NSW Lands Minister, Stephen Kamper, has ducked questions on the first day of NSW Budget Estimates about whether the sale of up to $11.5 ...

End live sheep export: Labor government must legislate the date in this term

20 February, 2024 - Greens Deputy Leader and Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi joined animal advocates in Perth where National Cabinet  me...

First act of food strategy to commission $178,000 study into agriculture in ACT

20 February, 2024 - Natural Capital Economics has been contracted to deliver a study into agriculture production and the food system in the ACT and local region...

The real immigration crisis is offshore detention

19 February, 2024 - Media and political panic about the arrival of people seeking asylum is disgraceful and undermines community harmony, the Greens say. “Se...

“It should never cost the clinician to actually give a shit” inquiry hears

15 February, 2024 - The final hearing for the mental health inquiry has heard that the current mental health care system is failing domestic and family violence...

Greens call for festivals support package in wake of Groovin the Moo cancellation

15 February, 2024 - “The addition of Groovin the Moo to the growing list of festival cancellations is another major blow to the live music industry in Australia...

Greens welcome first water buybacks since breakthrough Murray Darling Basin agreement

15 February, 2024 - Responding to Minister Plibersek's announcement, Greens Spokesperson for the Environment said: "The announcement of a successful buyback ...

Contact tracing asbestos in mulch will fail without a moratorium on moving material

15 February, 2024 - The newly announced Asbestos Taskforce from the NSW Government and Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and their contact tracing program ...

New restrictions to stop red imported fire ants entering the ACT

15 February, 2024 - Today, the ACT Government is announcing new mandatory restrictions on fire ants and fire ant carriers from affected areas of fire ant infest...

Labor’s sneaky scheme would bypass environment laws for new offshore gas projects

15 February, 2024 - Labor’s last-minute attempt today to allow the Minister to bypass environmental law when approving new offshore gas projects has been slamme...

Labor refuses to ditch dodgy Morrison-era loophole from public school funding agreements

15 February, 2024 - In Senate Estimates this morning Labor refused to rule out dropping the dodgy accounting trick from bilateral funding agreements which allow...