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Greens Move on Enthusiastic Consent Bill

16 March, 2021 - Jenny Leong MP, Greens spokesperson for Women’s Rights has today given notice that she will introduce the Crimes Amendment (Enthusiastic Consen...

Greens lead Senate condemnation of Crib Point gas terminal

16 March, 2021 - The Australian Senate last night passed a Greens motion condemning plans to build a massive gas terminal in Crib Point in Victoria. The prop...

Greens slam Victorian Labor Government's secret deal with Yallourn

16 March, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have slammed a secret deal struck between the Victorian Labor Government and overseas-owned Energy Australia to keep Yallo...

Interim results are in for the Greens NSW preselection

15 March, 2021 - Interim results are in for the Greens NSW preselection with more than 2000 members participating in the state-wide ballot to select lead S...

Statement on the Ainslie Volcanics site and former CSIRO site

14 March, 2021 - Two weeks ago, I stood at the foot of Mount Ainslie alongside Ngambri Elder Shane Mortimer and numerous distinguished professors, archaeologist...

Everyone knows $44 a day is not enough 

12 March, 2021 - The Community Affairs Legislation Committee has tabled its report into the Government's pitiful Bill to increase the JobSeeker payment by $3.57...

Environmental grants open for community to care for country and nature

12 March, 2021 - Local community groups are encouraged to apply for the latest round of the ACT Government’s environmental grants, which provide financial suppo...

We’re not all in this together — MPs receive pay rises while public sector workers pay frozen

12 March, 2021 - Despite promising that MPs wouldn’t receive a pay increase when the NSW Liberal-National Government froze wages of public sector workers last y...

Continued government support for the ReINVEST trial would be ‘throwing good money after bad’

12 March, 2021 - Following Greens MP Abigail Boyd’s successful call for papers in the Legislative Council, the NSW Government has released documents concerning ...

Australia Must Support Equal Access to Covid-19 Vaccines

11 March, 2021 - The Greens have said that Australia must support a World Trade Organization (WTO) proposal that would waive intellectual property provisions to...

Government’s consent education plan an insult to women and sexual violence survivors

11 March, 2021 - The Greens have again called for a comprehensive national approach to consent training after Education Minister Alan Tudge today revealed the g...

Systemic racism is the problem: Greens

11 March, 2021 - The Greens have again reiterated their calls for urgent action to tackle systemic racism in Australia, at news of a third Blak death in custody...

Morrison, Andrews have dropped ball on Yallourn

10 March, 2021 - The Greens have responded to the early closure of Yallourn by 2028 by slamming the Federal and State governments’ refusal to legislate a clear ...

Mr Morrison must stop bullying people on income support

10 March, 2021 - The Greens have said that Mr Morrison’s continued attacks on people on income support is cruel and demonising of people in our community who ar...

Tourism dollars welcome but don’t leave Arts and Entertainment Industry out: Greens

10 March, 2021 - The Greens are calling on the Morrison Government to provide targeted support to the arts and entertainment industry, together with the Covid T...