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Duty of Care: It’s about time

31 August, 2021 - Framing urgent action on climate change in terms of our Duty of Care to children has recently been taken up by several campaigners: The Greens...

Canberrans in need receive additional mental health support during lockdown

31 August, 2021 - In recognition that lockdown is challenging, the ACT Government is extending a range of existing mental health support services to Canberrans ...

Increase in Overdoses Highlights Urgent Need for Drug Law Reform

31 August, 2021 - Thousands of deaths from drug overdoses could be prevented if the Government had the courage to legalise cannabis and decriminalise all other ...

COVID outbreak in Parklea Prison must lead to urgent reform

30 August, 2021 - The news of a growing COVID outbreak in Parklea Prison where at least 31 prisoners have tested positive shows we the need for the urgent relea...

A Bill to increase ADF transparency and ensure a vote of Parliament before ADF deployment

29 August, 2021 - Greens bring on a bill to increase ADF transparency, scrutiny, and ensure a vote of both houses of parliament would be needed for the ADF to e...

Jordon Steele-John’s August Update

28 August, 2021 - Advocating for people with disabilities, and the young By Senator Jordon Steele-John Hi Everyone! I thought I’d use my Green Issue up...

Eyes in the Sky

28 August, 2021 - An Overview of the book Eyes in the Sky: Surveillance for Survival  – The history and future possibilities for satellite remote sens...

Kitchen Confidential

28 August, 2021 - Who is catering to needs of young people in the hospitality industry? By Dominic Firmager, Fremantle-Tangney Greens There’s not many tim...

More Police Powers, Less Protections

27 August, 2021 - The Labor and Liberal parties have voted to pass the Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2020 which makes three new...

Morrison Government condemned for Tasmania's dodgy foreign investment approvals

27 August, 2021 - A Senate Inquiry that investigated Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) approvals has used key Tasmanian case studies to blast the Federal G...

Farewell Stirling Greens

27 August, 2021 - Earlier this year the Federal seat of Stirling was abolished in a redistribution by the Australian Electoral Commission, and with it went the ...

Déjà vu all over again

27 August, 2021 - The Afghanistan War. What was that all about? A replay of Vietnam? By Chris Johansen, GI Co-Editor At the beginning of this July the US ...

Action on Victorian discrimination laws needed on Wear It Purple Day

27 August, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have called on the Victorian Government to stop delaying action on protecting LGBTQ+ Victorians from discrimination, by r...

A good, bad and ugly month

27 August, 2021 - Between COVID, the situation in Afghanistan and the latest IPCC report on climate change, it’s been particularly hard to find hope in August. ...

A farewell to Rachel Siewert

27 August, 2021 - Sixteen years, a handful of elections and an immeasurable impact – Senator Rachel Siewert’s service and passion cannot be OVERstated. In her v...