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Priorities, Persuasion and Possibilities

28 August, 2022 - It would appear that The Greens humane policies towards asylum seekers are opposed by most Australians, but support for the hardline Lib-Lab c...

Greens in Senate won’t rubber stamp Jobs Summit outcomes, want wages lift now

27 August, 2022 - Greens Leader and Workplace Relations spokesperson Adam Bandt has said any deal reached at the Jobs and Skills summit risked becoming nothing ...

Nets out now

26 August, 2022 - After the tenth whale has today been entangled in Queensland shark nets, the Greens are again calling on the state government for an urgent re...

ACT welcomes outcomes of Building Ministers Meeting

26 August, 2022 - From October 2023, all new homes built in the ACT will be required to have seven-star energy efficiency and minimum accessibility standards, e...

Draft designs for ACT Residential Eating Disorder Facility released

26 August, 2022 - Minister for Mental Health Emma Davidson unveiled the draft designs for the ACT Residential Centre for eating disorders (the Centre), which ha...

Greater protections for LGBTIQA+ communities under Greens plan

26 August, 2022 - The Victorian Greens will tonight launch a Rainbow State Action Plan that would see greater protections for LGBTIQA+ communities enshrined in ...

Anti-protest laws are climate preparedness (if you’re a neoliberal government)

26 August, 2022 - The past decade has seen governments across the country start pulling apart the right to protest, empowering police and criminalising dissent....

From the kitchen table to the UN

26 August, 2022 - It’s time for Australia to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons – something to which PM Albanese committed the Labor party wh...

Why the NT is the next Green battleground

26 August, 2022 - The Northern Territory is on the frontline of Australia’s climate crisis, exacerbated by a Territory government unbothered by the devastating ...

A fruitful month

26 August, 2022 - It’s been a fruitful month beginning our work in the new Parliament, with the Greens improving and then backing the passage of Labor’s Climate...

Our six new MPs in their own words

26 August, 2022 - this past month marked a couple of significant milestones for our six new Greens MPs: being sworn in to Parliament and delivering their first ...

Robodebt Royal Commission must be forward-looking to ensure cruel scheme never happens again

25 August, 2022 - The Greens are calling for a forward-looking Robodebt Royal Commission, and for the Labor Government to address structural factors in our coun...

Greens call for nationwide rent freeze

25 August, 2022 - With the upcoming Jobs Summit and recent Everybody’s Home research detailing the impact the rental crisis is having on the broader economy, Ma...

Public confidence in Australia’s environment laws undermined by Tasmanian and federal bureaucrats

25 August, 2022 - Public confidence in Australia’s environment laws has been undermined by disturbing reports of Tasmanian and federal bureaucrats politicising ...

Tax must be on Jobs Summit agenda: Greens

25 August, 2022 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt says Labor’s Stage 3 tax cuts for billionaires and the wealthy must be on the agenda at the Jobs and Skills Summit, j...