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Let’s talk about billionaires

29 March, 2021 - While everyone else suffers through this pandemic, the billionaires and big corporations are making out like bandits. In this excerpt from his ...

Greens announce billionaires tax to fund schools, dental, and jobs for all

28 March, 2021 - The Greens will today announce key election policies, including a ‘billionaires tax’ to help fund genuinely free public schools, dental into Me...

Greens announce billionaires tax to fund schools, dental, and jobs for all

28 March, 2021 - The Greens will today announce key election policies, including a ‘billionaires tax’ to help fund genuinely free public schools, dental into Me...

Greens push for 700% renewables

27 March, 2021 - Under a Greens shared power parliament Australia will strive to generate 700% of existing electricity demand with renewables, Adam Bandt MP has...

Greens legislate to keep Snowy clean

26 March, 2021 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, will introduce a Bill into the House of Representatives that would prevent the government using the Snowy Hydro grou...

Far-right investigations must spur action on fascist terror

26 March, 2021 - Australian Greens Anti-racism spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that numerous investigations published today by ABC, Nine and Guardi...

New costing shows billions lost from mining super profits tax reversal

26 March, 2021 - If the Resource Super Profits Tax had not been watered down and then repealed, it would have raised $34.6 billion dollars, enough to give free ...

Teetering on the rental cliff

26 March, 2021 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that eviction moratoriums are ending today in NSW, and on Sunday in Vict...

New draft VIC horse management plan will help protect alpine areas

26 March, 2021 - The ACT Government has welcomed Victoria’s new draft feral horse plan, which expands management options and better aligns with our zero-toleran...

Australia’s first public hydrogen refuelling station opens in Canberra

26 March, 2021 - The first publicly available hydrogen refuelling station in Australia has today opened in Fyshwick. Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduct...

NDIS independent assessment process subject to massive conflicts of interest

25 March, 2021 - The Morrison Government is allowing corporations with massive conflicts of interest - including one run by former NDIA CEO Robert De Luca - to ...

The PM’s reshuffle does nothing to make Australian women safer

25 March, 2021 - The Greens say the Prime Minister’s expected Cabinet reshuffle is another cosmetic response to systemic failures and have called on the governm...

Four deaths in a fortnight - Blak deaths in custody a national crisis: Greens

25 March, 2021 - The Greens have again called on the Government to act urgently to end Blak deaths in custody, following reports today of yet another death of a...

The Government is acting for big corporations and billionaires

25 March, 2021 - by Adam Bandt — This Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Bill 2021 is the latest example of the government using COVID as a cover ...

Billionaires have too much power

25 March, 2021 - by Adam Bandt — Big corporations and billionaires in this country have too much power. That is corrupting democracy. And they are also not p...