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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 ...

Uni Rallies Essential To Fight Cuts And Autocracy

23 September, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said she was proud to speak at and attend heavily-policed student ralli...

Menindee Lakes Water Savings Project also to be examined by Dams Inquiry

23 September, 2020 - The NSW Parliamentary Inquiry established last month to examine the rationale for, and impacts of, new dams has now had its Terms of Refere...

Government could save Alcoa smelter by transforming it into a reverse battery

23 September, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have renewed their calls on the state government to save the Portland smelter from closure, following reports today th...

Western Sydney Airport Audit Report Reveals A Rotten Mess

22 September, 2020 - The Greens have said that a report of the Australian National Audit Office on a land purchase for Western Sydney Airport is damning and dem...

Energy roadmap steers us off a cliff

22 September, 2020 - Following reports of the government’s energy roadmap, Leader of the Australian Greens Adam Bandt MP has slammed the plan, declaring it as a...

1000 dnata workers are out of a job because of Scott Morrison

22 September, 2020 - Following dnata’s announcement today that 1000 workers will be made redundant, Greens Senator Janet Rice has condemned the Prime Minister f...

Can’t have it both ways on grants

22 September, 2020 - With the unfolding State Government council grants scandal being examined by a Parliamentary Committee, locally communities are focussed on...

ACT Greens Respond to the Australian Education Union’s Public Education Pledge

22 September, 2020 - Here is the ACT Greens response to the Australian Education Union’s Public Education Pledge: o   Put public education first. The in...

Without green hydrogen and stronger 2030 targets, gov Energy Roadmap puts climate at risk

21 September, 2020 - Leader of the Australian Greens, Adam Bandt MP, has warned that without meaningful short-term targets, a plan to phase out coal & gas and a...

Greens plan to create homes for local threatened species in new neighbourhood forest network

21 September, 2020 - The ACT Greens will create 5000 nest boxes to house local bird and mammal species across Canberra - homes that will be built by detainees a...

Government should invest in 23 new or expanded recycling factories by 2025

21 September, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have called on the state government to invest in 23 new or expanded recycling factories by 2025 to meet the state’s ne...

Early Childhood Package Provides No Long-term Certainty

20 September, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the latest Child Care Recovery Package, announced today, is y...

Greens launch major plan to properly value the arts

20 September, 2020 - With the arts sector struggling to stay afloat in the ongoing COVID crisis, the ACT Greens have today released a comprehensive plan to supp...