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The Greens label ADF deployment to Western Sydney as absurd

2 August, 2021 - “Mobilising the police and Australian Defence Force to treat a public health crisis is absurd,” said The Greens spokesperson for Justice and Fi...

Point out a platypus this August

2 August, 2021 - Canberrans are encouraged to pick up a pair of binoculars and join the Waterwatch volunteers to monitor the population status of platypus in th...

Housing policy failure sets up intergenerational theft

30 July, 2021 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to the latest data on median property prices in this week’s Domain H...

New voices for the Ministerial Advisory Council on Ageing

30 July, 2021 - New members of the Ministerial Advisory Council on Ageing attended their first meeting Wednesday 28 July, bringing diverse experiences and skill...

How to compound the gender pay gap: Women get half as much as men from stage 3 tax cuts

28 July, 2021 - Costings by the independent Parliamentary Budget Office reveal an incredible gender and income bias in the benefit of proposed stage 3 tax cuts....

Greens call for Government to mandate vaccines for home care workers 

28 July, 2021 -  The Greens say that older Australians are at significant risk without mandatory COVID -19 vaccines for all aged care workers, including those w...

Income support recipients continue to be an afterthought

28 July, 2021 - The Greens say that the additional $200 for people on income support who have lost 8 hours of work a week is a step in the right direction but o...

Chaotic year 12 return leaves far too many critical Covid-safety questions unanswered

28 July, 2021 - The NSW Government's 'plan' to return Year 12 students to classrooms today was announced without consultation with teachers or parents and leave...

New PBO costing reveals extreme inequality of tax cuts for the rich

27 July, 2021 - New costings by the Parliamentary Budget Office reveal the extreme inequality of stage 3 tax cuts, which give as much to the top 1% of income ea...

Why wait? The Green's anti-corruption bill could be voted on next week

27 July, 2021 - The Greens say Australia can have a robust and effective federal anti-corruption framework in place within weeks if the government brings the Gr...

CHARM health research conference opens online to public and professionals

27 July, 2021 - The Canberra region’s top health research conference opened today, providing free online access to internationally renowned keynote speakers and...

Victoria should pick up ball dropped by A-Gs and 'raise the age'

27 July, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have said given the failure of state and territory attorneys-general to act, it’s time for the Victorian Government to lead...

Research shows 260,000 Australians at risk of slipping below the poverty line

26 July, 2021 - The Greens have released new research showing up to 260,000 single parents, students and jobseekers in locked-down states of NSW, Victoria and S...

Labor's negative gearing betrayal

26 July, 2021 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to Labor’s move to dump its commitment to winding back negative gear...