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Statement on consent law reform

21 June, 2021 - The exposure draft released by Dr Marisa Paterson regarding consent law reform, including a positive model of consent, is welcomed by the ACT Gr...

Indian Myna bird declared as a pest animal

21 June, 2021 - Minister for Environment Rebecca Vassarotti announced today the Indian Myna, also known as the Common Myna, is now considered a prohibited pest ...

It’s time to change the law to encourage a culture of care on our roads

21 June, 2021 - Greens MLA Jo Clay will table a bill to better protect pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and all vulnerable road users in the Legislative Ass...

Not if but when - Parliamentary Inquiry recommends NSW criminalise coercive control

20 June, 2021 - The NSW Parliament Joint Select Committee on Coercive Control, of which Greens NSW MP Abigail Boyd was a member, has recommended that NSW introd...

The Greens NSW condemns the bombing of Gaza

19 June, 2021 - The 19 June 2021 meeting of the State Delegates Council of The Greens NSW unanimously endorsed the following proposal, and urged its delegates t...

Greens renew call for publicly funded abortion after private clinic closures

18 June, 2021 - The Greens have renewed their call for publicly funded abortions after private service Marie Stopes announced yesterday it was shutting down fou...

Fresh documents show scale of bushfire fraud under Coalition Grants scheme

18 June, 2021 - A series of new internal documents show the scale of the fraud on the bushfire grants scheme run by the NSW Coalition Government. Because of a c...

Porter inquiry Bill blocked in embarrassing and cynical display

17 June, 2021 - Lines attributable to Greens leader in the Senate and spokesperson on women Larissa Waters: “The government and One Nation have again conspired ...

State energy emergency spells writing on the wall for coal in Victoria

17 June, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have said the state government’s decision to announce a state energy emergency is yet more evidence that coal is unreliable...

Housing crisis can no longer be ignored

16 June, 2021 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the national housing crisis can no longer be ignored, as new data re...

Statement from the Australian Greens on the broken ceasefire in Israel and Palestine

16 June, 2021 - The Australian Greens are deeply concerned to see the ceasefire broken with risks of further deaths in Israel and Palestine, a mere three days i...

Government ducks scrutiny in shameful anti-democratic display

16 June, 2021 - Lines attributable to Senator Larissa Waters: This is a shameful day for this government and the Australian Parliament. There are unresolved rap...

Shameful Robodebt chapter is not over

15 June, 2021 - The Greens welcome the Federal Court judgement on the robodebt class action that found the Commonwealth "unlawfully"  raised $1.7 billion in deb...

Plan to open up more fossil fuels is the Pitts

15 June, 2021 - While Scott Morrison attends G7 and the world plans to transition away from fossil fuels the Australian Government has made a mockery of itself ...

Seismic Inquiry report released

11 June, 2021 - The Senate Inquiry into seismic testing has tabled its final report today.  For the first time ever, the Federal Parliament heard evidence that ...