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ACT Government response to Inquiry into Youth Mental Health

10 February, 2021 - Minister for Mental Health Emma Davidson yesterday tabled the ACT Government’s Response to the Standing Committee on Education, Employment a...

Government misleads on NZ & costs farmers $12 billion

9 February, 2021 - The Morrison/McCormack government isn’t just lying about New Zealand’s climate plan, it has cost farmers over $12 billion by repealing the ca...

Greens Royal Commission privacy bill to be debated

9 February, 2021 - The Senate will next week debate legislation introduced by the Australian Greens last year aimed at fixing the lack of confidentiality protec...

NSW Greens call for Crown’s licence to be torn up following Bergin report 

9 February, 2021 - The NSW Greens anti-corruption spokesperson Jamie Parker MP has called for Crown’s licence to be revoked following the release of the Bergin ...

Victoria must strip Crown of its licence for good

9 February, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have said the writing is on the wall for Crown following the release of the Bergin report, and have called on the Andrew...

2020-21 ACT Budget to help Build a Better Normal

9 February, 2021 - The ACT Greens have today welcomed the 2020-21 Budget which includes major investments in Real Climate Action, A Home for All and making sure...

McCormack's climate wrecking threatens Australia's children and agriculture

8 February, 2021 - Responding to the Deputy Prime Minister’s statement about the climate crisis that "We are not worried, or I’m certainly not worried, about wh...

South Africa's AstraZeneca suspension underlines urgency of local vaccine manufacture

8 February, 2021 - The Greens say the suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine roll-out in South Africa shows the need for the government to establish a publicly-o...

New program to prevent young people entering justice system

8 February, 2021 - Minister for Justice Health and Assistant Minister for Families and Community Services, Emma Davidson today launched a family intervention pr...

Samuel Review: Future of our environment is at stake

8 February, 2021 - “The final report into the review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, released more than 90 day...

Greens welcome Labor’s rejection of PEP11

5 February, 2021 - The Australian Greens have welcomed Labor’s confirmation today that the party opposes the renewal of the Petroleum Exploration Permit 11 (PEP...

EV strategy runs flat

5 February, 2021 - Today’s release of the Future Fuels Strategy Discussion Paper confirms that the government has no plan whatsoever to drive the uptake of elec...

No nukes for the Central Coast 

5 February, 2021 - The Greens strongly oppose the steps being taken by the Administrator of the Central Coast Council to remove the area’s NUCLEAR FREE ZONE sta...

Publicly owned mRNA vaccine manufacturer needed

4 February, 2021 - The Greens have called for the government to establish a publicly-owned mRNA vaccine manufacturer in Australia, so that Australia can be guar...

Greens call for Government to diversify vaccines contracts and strategise for herd immunity 

4 February, 2021 - The Greens say that the Government must continue to expand and diversify Australia’s vaccine portfolio immediately in light of the varying ra...