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Greens launch Celeste Liddle as candidate for Cooper

14 May, 2021 - The Greens have today launched Celeste Liddle as the Greens candidate for Cooper, with Greens Leader Adam Bandt MP declaring her a “fierce” advoc...

Labor’s housing plan doesn’t go nearly far enough

14 May, 2021 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that Labor’s plan doesn’t go nearly far enough to tackle the housing crisi...

BOCSAR: Reduction in Over Policing Leads to Less Indigenous Young People in Detention

14 May, 2021 - The NSW  Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research has today released its report into ‘understanding the decline of Aboriginal young people in...

Greens give notice of bill for a Great Koala National Park

14 May, 2021 - Cate Faehrmann Greens MP and spokesperson for the Environment & Wildlife visited the Great Koala National Park Visitor & Information Cent...

Liberals and Labor join forces to fund new coal and gas with public money

13 May, 2021 - The Liberals and Labor have today voted to fund new fossil fuel projects with public money through the Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund, en...

ACT Landlords encouraged to consider scheme to increase affordable rental properties

13 May, 2021 - The ACT Government has indefinitely extended land tax exemptions for landlords who rent their properties at less than 75% market rates, to help a...

A Win for Rural NSW as Health Inquiry Hearings Live Streamed

13 May, 2021 - The next two public hearings of the Parliamentary Inquiry into Health outcomes and access to health and hospital services in rural, regional and ...

So-called “women’s budget” falls well short

12 May, 2021 - The Greens say the government’s much-touted spending announcements for women have barely moved the needle on economic security and safety. Greens...

Whale deaths must not be in vain

12 May, 2021 - The Greens have called for action following the death of two whales which have been "dislodged" from the bottom of a Royal Australian Navy ship a...

Community and MPs united in call for support for India

12 May, 2021 - Representatives from across the Indian diaspora in Australia, together with State and Federal Greens MPs, held a press conference on 10 May calli...

BUDGET 2021: Budget a pre-election gift to Liberals' billionaire mates

11 May, 2021 - Tonight’s Budget is a pre-election sweetener that fails to make billionaires and big corporations pay their fair share of tax, while growing ineq...

Not enough to fix broken aged care and mental health systems, fails to address poverty

11 May, 2021 - “This budget is a surplus of scatter gun approaches and tinkering around the edges.  “This is a budget that continues the ongoing disdain this Go...

Join the ACT Climate Change Council

11 May, 2021 - Applications are now open for new members to join the ACT Climate Change Council. Minister for Emissions Reduction Shane Rattenbury is encoura...