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Labor change means Canberrans to pay more for used hybrid cars than new petrol car

23 July, 2025 - Changes introduced by Labor mean a Canberran buying a used hybrid RAV4 now pays more in stamp duty than if they were to buy a more polluting new...

GREENS RENEW CALLS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD WATCHDOG AFTER DAMNING CHILDCARE SAFETY REVELATIONS

23 July, 2025 - The Victorian Greens have today renewed their call for a dedicated, independent early childhood safety watchdog, following shocking revelations ...

Balmain West ferry service to resume on the 18th of August

23 July, 2025 - Ferry services will return to Balmain West Wharf at Elliott Street for the first time in a decade after it was controversially removed from the ...

Greens push helps Labor to finally listen to Canberra's housing needs

22 July, 2025 - Quotes attributable to ACT Greens Deputy Leader Jo Clay in response to the ACT Labor Government's media statement saying consultation has f...

NO APOLOGY, NO TRANSPARENCY, GREENS SAY LABOR MUST COMMIT TO RELEASING CHILDCARE SAFETY DOCUMENTS

22 July, 2025 - The Victorian Greens are calling on the Premier to commit to releasing critical documents relating to childcare safety, saying that parents dese...

One fifth of Labor’s ‘affordable’ homes made up of unreachable land tax concession goal

22 July, 2025 - Community sector advocates have revealed in Estimates today that 1000 homes out of Labor’s target of 5000 new affordable homes will be delivered...

Greens push Labor to pull trigger on climate

22 July, 2025 - Today, the Greens will introduce the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Climate Trigger) Bill as their first privat...

Labor’s student debt reduction amounts to only 7.9%

21 July, 2025 - Analysis conducted by the Parliamentary Library shows that Labor’s much-touted 20% student-debt cut collapses to a mere 7.9% once indexation sin...

LABOR HIDING DOCUMENTS RELATING TO CHILD SAFETY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTRES

21 July, 2025 - The Victorian Labor Government has broken Parliamentary rules and failed to produce documents requested by the Victorian Greens relating to safe...

Albanese government must intervene to air drop food into Gaza

19 July, 2025 - Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and spokesperson for International Aid & Global Justice, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, is demanding an imme...

Greens urge Labor to save 100,000 welfare recipients from ‘petty’ and ‘absurd’ debt notices

19 July, 2025 - The Greens have written to Minister for Social Services Tanya Plibersek urging Labor to urgently waive over $1 billion in unfair historical welf...