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International students must not face discrimination

29 October, 2021 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that arrangements for the return of international students to Austra...

More people in prison despite less crime, Productivity Commission report finds

29 October, 2021 -   Today, the Productivity Commission released their research paper: Australia’s Prison Dilemma. The paper reports that imprisonment rates ha...

More trees to climate proof our city

29 October, 2021 - The majority of new residential developments will be required to have at least 20% tree canopy coverage under proposed Draft Variation 369&nb...

More trees and green spaces in new residential developments

29 October, 2021 - A proposed variation to the ACT Territory Plan will increase the requirements on new residential developments in Canberra for planting of tre...

Amid UN alarm bells, Greens outline vital components of Net Zero

28 October, 2021 - With Scott Morrison’s fraudulent plan setting us up for climate failure, Greens Leader Adam Bandt has outlined the essential components of a ...

Kelp can help

28 October, 2021 - Angus Taylor was today quoted in The Australian saying, “no affordable, practical and large-scale way exists to reduce [methane from agricult...

Voter ID laws fix an imaginary problem while creating real ones

28 October, 2021 - The Greens say the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Voter Integrity) Bill 2021, introduced to parliament today, is more cynical Morrison Gove...

Greens urge Gov to sign Global Methane Pledge

28 October, 2021 - The Australian Greens have urged the Morrison-Joyce Government to join the Global Methane Pledge, saying the government’s finger pointing abo...

Government's North East Link announcement 'shameless greenwashing'

28 October, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have called today’s North East Link announcement ‘shameless greenwashing’ and say the project will be an environmental a...

Canberra’s tree canopy continues to grow

28 October, 2021 - New data highlights important progress made under Canberra’s Urban Forest Strategy, as the city’s tree canopy continues to grow towards our a...

Voter ID laws a Trumpian culture war tactic from a desperate government

27 October, 2021 - The Greens say proposed voter identification laws are a solution in search of a problem that will only serve to disenfranchise voters who are...

Bradley Bell appointed as Ngunnawal water policy officer

27 October, 2021 - The ACT Government has appointed Ngunnawal Traditional Custodian Bradley Bell as the ACT’s first Ngunnawal water policy officer, to help mana...

Morrison's 2050 plan a climate fraud: Bandt

26 October, 2021 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt says that Scott Morrison’s 2050 plan is a climate fraud and will be treated like a sick joke in Glasgow. Mr Bandt sa...

Methane gas rises to the top of Glasgow agenda

26 October, 2021 - US President Joe Biden’s push for a 2030 Global Methane Pledge further puts Australia’s climate policies at odds with the rest of the world a...

Police watchdog reports show damning pattern of police behaviour

26 October, 2021 - Three reports delivered today by the police watchdog LECC into the police use and abuse of consorting laws, the failure of police internal po...