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Our Climate Future

4 January, 2021 - WA and the 1.5oC Paris Agreement Pathway By Mark Brogan, Greens candidate for South Perth in the WA2021 election.  Thanks to Bill...

Thirty Years of Greens (WA)

2 January, 2021 - From first Greens senator to first Greens owned office By Chilla Bulbeck, member of Greens history group Introduction The Greens (WA)...

Celebrating 30 Years

2 January, 2021 - Where have we been, where are we now, and where are we going? On 12th December, some 150 Greens (WA) members gathered at the Bendat Communi...

COVID-19 support for tenants to continue into 2021

22 December, 2020 - Canberrans will have greater housing assurance ahead of the holiday period as the ACT Government continues its COVID-19 support for tenants ...

Greens call for JobKeeper & JobSeeker extension after NSW COVID outbreak

21 December, 2020 - Leader of the Australian Greens Adam Bandt MP has today called on the government to defer the looming cuts to JobKeeper and JobSeeker in lig...

Conservative thinktank planning for the end of coal shows urgency for transition planning

21 December, 2020 -   The release of a report planning for the end of coal by the right-leaning Blueprint Institute shows that all sides of politics were now c...

Coate inquiry an important lesson, but our best defence now is the vaccine

21 December, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have said the Andrews Labor Government should use the best available defence against the pandemic, which is the vaccine...

Community clubs are being forced to pay for government's pokies addiction

21 December, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have called on the Andrews Labor Government to waive any licencing fees for clubs and venues that want to phase out the...

Solar farm frustration (Freo Herald 19 Dec 20)

19 December, 2020 - A good write up in the Fremantle Herald about the frustration I've felt trying to get renewable energy projects off the ground in Fremantle....

Solar farm needs certainty about renewables (Freo Herald)

19 December, 2020 - A good write up in the Fremantle Herald about the frustration I've felt trying to get renewable energy projects off the ground in Frema...

Federal Court decision welcomed as fight to protect sacred DjubWurrung trees continues

18 December, 2020 - In a stark rebuke to Minister for Environment Sussan Ley, the Australian Greens today welcomed the Federal Court decision to uphold an appea...

Tudge Shouldn’t Be A Minister, Let Alone Education Minister

18 December, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that Alan Tudge’s appointment as Education Minister is a disturbing...

Greens support findings and recommendations of majority report into Tobacco Harm Reduction

18 December, 2020 -  The Greens recognise the potential role of e-cigarettes in tobacco harm reduction but support a precautionary approach in the regulation of...

City of men

18 December, 2020 - Widely, daily and by design, the modern city excludes those of us who don’t occupy straight white able cis male bodies. And while we can’t e...

We’re on a roll

18 December, 2020 - Well, what a year it’s been. In this adapted version of his welcome speech to last month’s National Conference, Adam Bandt shares some of ou...