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Government abandons Banking Royal Commission recommendations

19 January, 2021 - The government’s delay or abandonment of most of the recommendations from the Banking Royal Commission is a commitment to the hands off appro...

BLOG: We should all have a safe place to sleep at night

18 January, 2021 - In a wealthy place like Perth, everyone should have a roof over their head and access to a strong social safety net. Yet more than 9,000 W...

Failure of Chevron's Gorgon Project shows carbon capture is an expensive myth

16 January, 2021 - The failure of Chevron’s Gorgon carbon capture and storage project is a symbol of the total failure of the CCS industry, the Greens have said...

Auditor-General asked to investigate dodgy Yeelirrie uranium mine approval

15 January, 2021 - The Greens have asked the Auditor-General to investigate the approval of the Yeelirrie uranium mine in Western Australia by former federal en...

Coalition and Labor light the fuse on Beetaloo gas bomb

14 January, 2021 - The Greens have slammed the Liberals and Labor for today throwing $217 million in road funding to enable the Beetaloo Basin gas project, sayi...

Rooftop solar boom

14 January, 2021 - Canberra’s rooftops are playing a larger part in ACT’s 100% renewable electricity supply, as the number of solar generators increased by over...

Decades of manufacturing decline limits vaccine options, publicly-owned vaccine manufacturer could save lives

13 January, 2021 - The Greens say that decades of decline in Australian manufacturing puts the nation at risk of having fewer options when it comes to Covid-19 ...

Craig Kelly should be booted off his cushy $23k committee role

13 January, 2021 - The Greens have called upon the Prime Minister to boot Craig Kelly from his role chairing a parliamentary committee, following weeks of disin...

Statement on Michael McCormack

12 January, 2021 - “McCormack's actions over the last two days are an attempt to take Australia down the dangerous path of post-truth politics.  “The facts are ...

MEDIA RELEASE The Battle for Beeliar: remembered and far from over

12 January, 2021 - On 12 January 2017, over one thousand protesters gathered early in the morning to stop the bulldozers at Beeliar Wetlands.  That morning...

Koala Inquiry: Government Has No Plan to Save Koalas from Extinction

11 January, 2021 - The Government’s response to the NSW Upper House Inquiry into Koala Populations and their Habitat, released today, indicates it has no intent...

Victorians stranded in NSW and QLD deserve clarity, not delays

11 January, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have said the thousands of Victorians stranded interstate as a result of border restrictions need to be informed of the ...

Grave fears for Julian Assange's wellbeing. Morrison must act: Greens

7 January, 2021 - With the news overnight that Julian Assange has been denied bail, Greens Foreign Affairs spokesperson Senator Janet Rice has called on Prime M...

Assange must be given safe passage home

6 January, 2021 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, says there is no excuse for the Morrison government to do anything other than provide an Australian citizen safe pa...

Pandemic should be reason enough to wave chequered flag on Grand Prix

6 January, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have called on the state government to wave the chequered flag on the Grand Prix this year. The Greens say a once-in-a...