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Outliving nuclear weapons

18 December, 2020 - The only way to outlive nuclear weapons is to eliminate nuclear weapons. It is either them or us. So has the ongoing nuclear weapons standof...

Change is possible

18 December, 2020 - Earlier this year, Lidia Thorpe made history by being the first Aboriginal person elected to represent Victoria in the Senate. In this excer...

Getting to know our new MPs: Emma Davidson

18 December, 2020 - 2020 has been a huge year for the Greens around the country – particularly in the ACT, where we tripled our representation in the Assembly a...

MYEFO

17 December, 2020 - MYEFO shows yet again that the Liberals are locking in inequality and damage from climate change, the Greens say. “The economy continues to ...

Government failed public housing residents, report is a wake-up call and must lead to real change

17 December, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have said the Ombudsman’s report into the hard lockdown of nine public housing towers needs to serve as a wake-up call ...

Crown's licence should be suspended while investigation takes place: Greens

17 December, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed the state government’s decision to fast-track an investigation into Crown’s Victorian licence, but are ca...

Public Interest Advocate not enough to protect journalists from raids

16 December, 2020 - Reforms to journalist and whistle-blower protections announced by the Federal Government today do not go far enough to protect journalists f...

Future Fund must divest from Adani

16 December, 2020 - The Future Fund must divest the $3 million it has put into a railway for the climate-destroying Adani coal mine, the Greens say. Greens Econ...

Government must remove barriers to Medicinal Cannabis access

16 December, 2020 -  The Greens welcome the announcement by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to down-schedule cannabidiol (CBD) and enable the availab...

Science Plan to guide ACT’s environmental science

16 December, 2020 - The ACT Government has today launched its Science Plan, which provides a five-year framework for scientific development, research and manage...

Murray-Darling report gives Morrison ultimatum: crops or coal?

15 December, 2020 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, says a new report on the impact of global warming on the Murray-Darling makes the fork in the road crystal clear....

Alarm Bells On Housing Stress Must Spur Action

15 December, 2020 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson and Senator for NSW, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has responded to a report by Equity Economics projecting...

Climate and corporate greed biggest threats to Murray-Darling

15 December, 2020 - Greens Spokesperson for Water and the Environment Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said today’s evaluation report by the Murray-Daring Basin Autho...

Morrison makes Australia the OECD outlier on climate

14 December, 2020 - Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, says Australia is now the only OECD country to rule out raising its 2030 emissions target, as the Morrison govern...

Victorian Government must come clean on their support for Alcoa's future

14 December, 2020 - The Federal Government has today offered $76.8 million in support to Alcoa's aluminium smelter in Portland. This comes as the smelter’s exis...