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Greens pressure works as Labor considers changes to negative gearing, capital gains tax

25 September, 2024 - The Australian Greens have said Labor is cracking under pressure from the Greens, renters and first home buyers following reports the party...

RELEASE: Greens senator urges Labor to stop Otway Basin gas exploration

25 September, 2024 - Greens Senator Steph Hodgins-May will visit Victoria’s Surf Coast on Thursday to speak with communities concerned about the proposed seismi...

New mines equal to 11 times NSW annual emissions

25 September, 2024 - The Albanese Labor Government has approved three coal mine extensions in the NSW Hunter Valley that will contribute eleven times more emiss...

3 new coal mine extensions bulldoze Labors’ environment & climate credibility

24 September, 2024 - The Greens say Labor can’t be trusted on the environment and climate this election after Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek today approve...

Chalmers must do what the RBA won’t and cut rates

24 September, 2024 - The Reserve Bank’s failure to bring down interest rates puts the ball squarely in Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ court to act, the Greens say. ...

Minister Plibersek criticised for approving native forest bulldozing at Manyana NSW

24 September, 2024 - The Greens have criticised a decision from Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to approve the clearing of endangered native fore...

Tepid & Visionless: Major Parties Miss the Point as They Push Same Old Tired Policies

23 September, 2024 - Today, the ACT Greens have called out the Canberra Liberals and ACT Labor for failing to release any new policies on public housing one mon...

Offshore fossil fuel facility spills yet again

23 September, 2024 - Up to 21,000 litres of diesel has spilled into the ocean from an Esso/ExxonMobil fossil fuel facility in the Bass Strait, with the offshore...

ACCC’s supermarket price gouging case exposes Labor’s inaction

23 September, 2024 - The ACCC’s decision to take Woolworths and Coles to court for price gouging has highlighted Labor’s complete inaction on the corporate vill...

60 day cap kicks in today for Byron Shire

23 September, 2024 - From 23 September the community in Byron Shire is the first in NSW to have a legally enforceable means to regulate holiday letting beyond t...

Greens won’t support RBA reforms until Labor tells the bank to cut rates

23 September, 2024 - The Australian Greens have said they won’t pass Labor’s Reserve Bank reforms until interest rates are cut. The Reserve Bank should lower...

GREENS SLAM LABOR OVER CLAIMS THEY HAVE NO EVIDENCE TO BACK UP THE DEMOLITION AND PRIVATISATION OF PUBLIC HOUSING

20 September, 2024 - The Victorian Greens have slammed the Victorian Labor government for claiming in court that they have no documents which back up their plan...

JobSeeker indexation grotesquely inadequate

20 September, 2024 - The Greens say Labor claiming a win on a tiny JobSeeker indexation and a paltry increase to Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA) is an insult...

Productivity Inquiry into early childhood education recommends a Universal free sector

20 September, 2024 - This week the Federal Government tabled the final report of the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into early childhood education and care (...