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UN calls time on coal, while Murdoch shift from denial to delay

6 September, 2021 - With the UN calling for Australia to quit coal by 2030, but Rupert Murdoch officially moving only to ‘net zero by 2050’, the looming divide ...

PM’s Women’s Safety Summit just more political theatre

6 September, 2021 - The Greens say day one of the Women’s Safety Summit was yet another exercise in political theatre for a government that remains completely o...

Report fails students, teachers, families

6 September, 2021 - The Education Committee of the NSW Parliament will table a report at 10am today into Mark Latham's "Parental Rights" Bill - a bill which att...

Better access to vaccination and testing for people with a disability

6 September, 2021 - The ACT Government is offering more dedicated COVID-19 vaccination and testing for people with a disability. Minister for Health Rachel-S...

Renters would be protected from eviction and debt, under Greens bill

6 September, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed news that renters will soon be able to access rent relief grants again, but say that without a ban on evi...

Rachel Siewert's August Update

6 September, 2021 - Last days in the Senate By Senator Rachel Siewert Hi everyone This will be my last update to Green Issue as one of your Senators.&n...

Amid record corporate super-profits, Greens announce new Tycoon Tax to raise $338 billion for public good

6 September, 2021 - Media Release The Greens have today announced they will push for a new 40% corporate super-profits tax on the excess profits made by big ...

Government must bring home stranded Victorians now

3 September, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed the Premier’s comments today that a home quarantine trial could soon be set up to help return Victorians ...

20% affordable housing to benefit young people: Greens back Housing Trust calls for equity

3 September, 2021 - The Greens are backing calls from the Wollongong Housing Trust for developers to include 20% affordable housing in the WIN Grand Urban Devel...

PM dodging accountability with new national cabinet secrecy laws

2 September, 2021 - The PM continues to do all he can to duck transparency and accountability with new laws that would overturn a recent court decision by shiel...

One Nation’s JobKeeper transparency stitch up

2 September, 2021 - One Nation has let the Government off the hook on JobKeeper rorts, just as public pressure is mounting to unsustainable levels, the Greens s...

Morrison Government's assault on science reaches new lows

2 September, 2021 - The Greens have slammed the Morrison Government for politicising science in an attempt to deny the dangerous decline of the Great Barrier Re...

Greens to refer offshore wind farm bill to inquiry for scrutiny

2 September, 2021 - The Greens have welcomed the introduction of the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Bill 2021 and Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (Regu...

Brad Pettitt’s August Update

2 September, 2021 - Addressing the housing and homelessness crisis, updating a Climate Bill and celebrating Class A Reserve classification for Beeliar Wetlands ...

Green Issue: Editorial August 2021

2 September, 2021 - By The Green Issue Editors Young people without financial inheritance are finding it increasingly difficult to access adequately remunera...