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Andrew Braddock talking to Dr Justin Barker of the Youth Coalition about expanding voting rights

4 February, 2022 -     I am sponsoring legislation to change the voting act to allow 16 & 17 year old Canberrans to vote in Territory el...

Colbeck must go, for-profit aged care ended

3 February, 2022 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, has backed Labor’s call for Aged Care Minister, Richard Colbeck, to resign, and called for an end to the dismal fa...

Greens in Macnamara balance of power Childcare push

3 February, 2022 - Media Release Greens candidate for MacNamara, Steph Hodgins-May, today announced that if she is elected, she will push in balance of power...

World Wetlands Day a reminder not to let wetland protection fall by the wayside: Greens

2 February, 2022 - Wetlands are some of the largest carbon reservoirs on earth, storing more than one-third of the world’s terrestrial carbon. In the last 50 ye...

Greens demand transparency and truth on Great Barrier Reef report

2 February, 2022 - A report requested by Unesco on the state of the Great Barrier Reef remains in question after the Morrison Government’s failure to publish it...

Ombudsman's investigation into public housing must be wake-up call to Government

2 February, 2022 - The Victorian Greens have said the Ombudsman’s upcoming investigation into public and community housing complaints is welcome and should be a...

Millions in corporate donations proves need for urgent reform

1 February, 2022 - Political donations data published today by the Australian Electoral Commission shows that the Liberals, Nationals and Labor raked in a combi...

Myanmar coup: one year on and still no action from Australia

1 February, 2022 - Australian Greens foreign affairs spokesperson Senator Janet Rice has condemned the Australian Government’s resounding inaction against the M...

Labor backing Morrison’s Trojan Horse for gas

1 February, 2022 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt has expressed disappointment at Labor’s capitulation to Scott Morrison’s plan to give $600 million in public money t...

Supporting zero-emissions community projects with grant program

1 February, 2022 - Canberrans looking to help reduce emissions and inspire change can now apply for a Community Zero Emissions Grant with $150,000 available to ...

POLICY LAUNCH: Get coal and gas money out of politics

31 January, 2022 - The Greens will stop big polluters corrupting democracy by banning donations from the fossil fuel sector to political parties, candidates, an...

Aid to Afghanistan must be boosted

31 January, 2022 - Australian Greens International Aid and Development spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi and Foreign Affairs spokesperson Senator Janet Rice h...

Get coal and gas money out of politics

31 January, 2022 - Since 2012, the fossil fuel sector has donated over $9 million to the major parties. The Greens will stop big polluters corrupting democracy ...

Greens launch policy platform for 2022 Federal Election

30 January, 2022 - The Australian Greens have today launched the first part of their policy platform for the 2022 election, showcasing a broad policy agenda tha...

You can't save the Reef while making the climate crisis worse

28 January, 2022 - Lines attributable to Queensland Senator Larissa Waters: “A belated cash splash on the Great Barrier Reef is a joke from a government that ha...