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Sheila Suttner ‒ activist, comrade, friend

29 June, 2021 - Celebrating a life of struggle and solidarity (1923 – 2020) By Juanita Doorey, GWA member and member of former WA CARE, with thanks to Peter...

Greens Values are Global Values

29 June, 2021 - Global Greens ‒ Green activism at home and abroad By Vivienne Glance It’s been great to see former senator, Scott Ludlam, speaking about h...

Australia must impose sanctions against Myanmar

25 June, 2021 - In Myanmar, freedom, democracy and human rights are under extreme threat by the new military state – and yet the Australian Government refuses t...

What is happening in Myanmar?

25 June, 2021 - Conflict, a coup, military rule – what’s really going on in Myanmar? Former Myanmar-based reporter and editor and one-time Greens candidate Alec...

Australia’s lost in the climate wilderness

25 June, 2021 - Nothing is safe from A government working as one with coal and gas corporations. In a speech delivered to Parliament this month, Adam Bandt expl...

Securing the future

25 June, 2021 - We all strive to make a difference in our lives; to leave the world a better place than when we got here. For some, that motivation extends well...

Getting to know our new MPs: Brad Pettitt

25 June, 2021 - This year was a tough one in WA, where we lost all sitting Greens members of Parliament at the March state election – but picked up a new one. I...

Greens today will seek to progress Porter inquiry bill on anniversary of his accuser’s tragic death

24 June, 2021 - On the one-year anniversary of the suicide of Christian Porter’s accuser the Greens have called on the government, One Nation and Senator Jacqui...

Labor's new national parks shouldn't be logged: Greens

24 June, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed news that the state government will create three new national parks, but say they’re disappointed some of tho...

Victorian Government fails First Nations children and women

24 June, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have said the state government must urgently act to address alarming new statistics on the rates of Aboriginal children bei...

New laws to strengthen sentencing of family violence offenders

24 June, 2021 - ACT courts will be required to give specific consideration when sentencing a person convicted of a crime in a family violence context under prop...

Morrison must strip Nationals of water portfolio

23 June, 2021 - Greens Senator for South Australia Sarah Hanson-Young has today called for the Nationals to be stripped of the water portfolio following the ret...

Greens slam changes to Private Health Act that will only give coverage to disabled people on NDIS

23 June, 2021 - The Greens have criticised changes to the Private Health Insurance Act 2007 which passed the Senate last night saying they set a dangerous prece...

Libs and Labor join forces to crush Senate transparency and democracy

23 June, 2021 - The move by the Coalition and Labor to permanently axe Senate motions is an attack on transparency and democracy that entrenches the big parties...

Greens force release of draft standards phasing out battery cages

23 June, 2021 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has forced the release of draft animal welfare standards for poultry throug...