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Lending changes are foie gras for banking

25 September, 2020 - Greens Economic Justice spokesperson, Senator Nick McKim, responded to reports today that the government will loosen lending standards and ...

Uni Bill Report Flawed And Highly Partisan

25 September, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Mehreen Faruqi has said a report of the government-dominated Senate Education and Employment Legis...

Student-led gas protest should serve as wake-up call for Victorian Government

25 September, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have said that today's student-led 'Fund Our Future, Not Gas' national day of action should serve as a wake-up call to...

Proving what is possible

25 September, 2020 - The ACT is proof of what we’ve been saying all along: when Greens are in government, anything is possible. And with the ACT election coming...

The Premier Must Take Water Off the Nats After Damning Auditor-General’s Report

25 September, 2020 - An Auditor-General’s Report released today examining the NSW Government’s ‘Support for regional town water infrastructure’ is damning and d...

Getting to know Lidia Thorpe

25 September, 2020 - Parliament needs to reflect the people it serves, but with its overabundance of older white men it doesn’t currently do that. Enter Lidia T...

A tale of two recoveries

25 September, 2020 - The pandemic and its resulting economic crisis continues to cut an unpredictable path through our lives, with millions doing it tough....

Are we about to see Greens in government across the ditch?

25 September, 2020 - New Zealanders are finally heading to the polls next month, and we’ve got our sights set on the strong possibility of the NZ Green Party ha...

Setting the stage for the next election

25 September, 2020 - With so much on the line at the next federal election – which could happen as soon as August next year –  the Greens need to be as pre...

Greens welcome Government commitment to COVAX  

24 September, 2020 - The Greens are pleased that the Government has finally announced that Australia has joined the COVAX facility.  Australia’s participation i...

ACT Greens pledge support for student strikers

24 September, 2020 - Ahead of tomorrow’s School Strike 4 Climate Action, the ACT Greens have today pledged to establish stronger regulations that support the pa...

Pavey Must Now Restore Water in Lake Menindee and Darling-Baaka River

24 September, 2020 - The NSW Water Minister Melinda Pavey needs to direct those irrigators in the northern part of the Murray-Darling basin who are holding back...

Liberals, Belco Party having a bet each way on cruel and exploitative greyhound racing industry: ACT Greens

24 September, 2020 - The ACT Greens have today called on the Canberra Liberals to give Canberrans an honest answer on whether they intend to bring greyhound rac...

Greens to create a $50m ‘Just Transition Fund’ to deliver a climate-ready Canberra: for all of us

24 September, 2020 - The ACT Greens will today commit $50 million to create and leverage a ‘Just Transition Fund’ that will cut energy bills and make homes and ...

Chinese government must allow access to Tibet, Greens say

23 September, 2020 - Following reports of a mass forced-labour program in Tibet, Greens Senator Janet Rice has called on the Chinese Government to allow access ...