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2020 Election: ACT Greens release major Drug Law Reform package to help end war on drugs

6 August, 2020 - The ACT Greens will today unveil a commitment to substantially reform the way drug use and dependency is dealt with in the Territory. This e...

No More Band-Aids: Reinstate Free Childcare and Fund ECEC Properly

5 August, 2020 - The Greens have responded to the government’s package for childcare in Victoria, saying that it is unnecessarily complicated and austere. The g...

Australia needs to raise the minimum wage for women's economic security

5 August, 2020 - The Greens have welcomed the updated Economic Security for Women’s White Paper, and called on the government raise the minimum wage to address ...

Prohibited Items Bill

5 August, 2020 - The Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2020 is irredeemable and must be rejected by the Senate, t...

Mine rehabilitation in Victoria not happening due to government failures

5 August, 2020 - Today the Auditor-General’s report on rehabilitating mines in Victoria has revealed that the state’s Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions ...

More investment needed to end homelessness in the ACT: Greens

5 August, 2020 - While welcoming further investments in public housing announced today by the ACT Government, the ACT Greens today underlined their commitment t...

Australia Post and Christine Holgate Settlement

4 August, 2020 - Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, chair of the Senate Inquiry into Australia Post and Greens spokesperson for communications, responded to the statem...

New seismic testing research has damning results

4 August, 2020 - Greens Healthy Oceans spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, says damning new research into the harmful impacts of seismic testing will be r...

South Kensington Station upgrades are a hard-earned win for the community

4 August, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed the announcement of funding for much-needed upgrade work to South Kensington Station and say it follows year...

Inquiry reveals public housing as top priority in tackling homelessness

4 August, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have said a ‘big build’ of public housing will be critical if the government wants to end the state’s homelessness crisis,...

Greens call on Premier Andrews to extend protections for renters

4 August, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have called on the Andrews Government to extend protections in place for Victorian renters that are currently due to expir...

'I just don’t see why politics needs to be involved': Calls for compensation at Sports Rorts hearing

3 August, 2020 - In testimony today at the Senate Inquiry into the Administration of Sports Grants, affected sports clubs and local governments have called on t...

Morrison Government can grant COVID sick leave without Parliament

3 August, 2020 - The Morrison government can use the extensive coronavirus crisis powers already granted to it by Parliament to immediately grant paid COVID-19 ...

Racing Cruelty Continues In Lockdown

3 August, 2020 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to the announcement that greyhound and horse racing will con...

Federal Gov Must Support Early Learning In Victoria

3 August, 2020 - The Greens have said that the federal government must urgently support early learning and immediately provide relief for early childhood educat...