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Environment Minister approves third coal project in a month and more environmental destruction

5 October, 2021 - Greens Environment Spokesperson Senator Sarah Hanson-Young responded to the announcement the Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley has appro...

Greens to force debate on National Integrity Commission Bill

5 October, 2021 - In the wake of the NSW ICAC investigating former Premier Gladys Berejiklian, the Greens will move a concurrence motion in the next parliamenta...

Scott Morrison must listen to the UK, and boost 2030 targets in Glasgow

5 October, 2021 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt MP has called on the Prime Minister to take heed of the UK Cabinet’s demands of Australia, calling him a ‘coward’ for...

Budget backs local community’s vision for Gungahlin

5 October, 2021 - Greens MLA for Yerrabi Andrew Braddock has today welcomed the ACT Government’s infrastructure investment in Gungahlin, saying it is listening ...

ACT Budget: $5 billion infrastructure pipeline

5 October, 2021 - The ACT Government will create and protect thousands of jobs through a $5 billion pipeline of local infrastructure projects that wil...

Victorian nurses should be given bonuses to recognise COVID work

5 October, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have called on the state government to provide a salary top-up for clinical staff in public hospitals who are providing h...

Lib & Labor voted against Greens push to close ‘Pandora Papers’ loophole

4 October, 2021 - The ‘Pandora papers’ disclosed today reveal that Australia is a weak link in the fight against international tax avoidance, with accounting fi...

Greens celebrate food waste recycling after 14-year campaign

3 October, 2021 - Funding in the ACT Budget to start local food organic and garden organic (FOGO) waste recycling is a win for all Canberrans who care about end...

Time for new era of accountability

1 October, 2021 - The resignation of the NSW Premier today must bring with it a new era of accountability from the NSW Coalition who have increasingly attempted...

Government under pressure to make Gungahlin a real town centre

1 October, 2021 - Recommendations handed to the ACT Government yesterday by the Legislative Assembly’s Planning Committee echo community and Greens calls to mak...

Artists, not buildings, should be at the heart of arts funding

1 October, 2021 - All quotes attributed to Jo Clay MLA, ACT Greens arts spokesperson. “I welcome today’s new Statement of Ambition for the Arts in Canberra a...

States’ heavy lifting on 2030 exposes federal climate stasis and weak targets

30 September, 2021 - The Greens have modelled the combined Australian State and Territory climate targets to show that the collective commitments made would amo...

Changes to the way ICAC functions in South Australia

30 September, 2021 - This week in Parliament there have been changes made to the way ICAC functions in South Australia. These were important changes needed t...

ACT Budget: Investing in Climate Action and Protecting Canberra’s Unique Environment

30 September, 2021 - The ACT Government will invest an additional $63 million over four years to ensure that Canberra remains the national leader in responding ...

NSW target makes Morrison a 2030 coward

29 September, 2021 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, says the Liberal government in NSW has exposed the complete failure on a federal level to engage with the real t...