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Senate supports Greens motion calling for a National Strategy on Climate Change, Health and Well-being

16 March, 2021 - The Senate has today recognised that the climate crisis is the greatest threat to our health this century.  “The fact is, the climate crisis is...

Black Lives Matter: Greens call for ban on lethal choke holds, end to Blak deaths in custody

16 March, 2021 - As the Black Lives Matter movement gains momentum around the world, the Greens have today called for lethal choking holds to be banned across a...

Greens reject Online Safety Bill

16 March, 2021 - The Greens will vote against the Online Safety Bill because it is poorly drafted and could lead to widespread, unintended consequences.  "This ...

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 ...

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...

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...