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UK trade deal shows Australia dragging the world down on climate targets

9 September, 2021 - Greens around the world have lambasted revelations that Australia has vetoed Paris Agreement climate goals being included in a trade agreeme...

Australia’s TRIPS waiver support takes far too long

9 September, 2021 - Australian Greens International Aid & Development spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to reports that the Australian Governmen...

Safe decarceration now!

9 September, 2021 - “What do the NSW government want? More deaths in custody? Why aren't they applying safe decarceration strategies for non-violent offenders?”...

Member for Ballina welcomes lockdown lift

9 September, 2021 - Ballina MP Tamara Smith welcomed the announcement that the Northern Rivers can move out of lockdown this weekend, saying that every resident...

A Human Rights Commissioner should care about human rights

8 September, 2021 - Lorraine Finlay had been appointed as the nation's new Human Rights Commissioner. Formerly an upper house candidate for the West Australian ...

1000 days waiting for a federal ICAC

8 September, 2021 - The Greens have slammed the government for its thousand day failure to introduce a federal corruption watchdog, saying that the four-digit d...

Victoria must follow WA's lead and end native forest logging

8 September, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have urged the state government to follow WA’s lead and end native forest logging by 2025, rather than in ten years as ...

1000 days waiting for a Federal ICAC: Time's up

8 September, 2021 - If we had a strong corruption watchdog, Morrison and half his Cabinet might find themselves looking for new jobs. By Larissa Waters ...

Greens caution NSW Attorney General on One Nations ‘Religious Freedoms’

7 September, 2021 - With the release today of the NSW Government’s response to the report from the inquiry into One Nation's disastrous Religious Freedom’s bill...

Greens move to block gas drilling at the 12 Apostles

7 September, 2021 - The Victorian Greens will today introduce a motion to prevent new gas drilling near the 12 Apostles, citing gas as one of the leading causes...

Liberals not fit for Opposition, not fit for office

7 September, 2021 - The Victorian Greens have said the state Liberals are not fit for Opposition or office, following this morning’s leadership spill. The Gr...

UN calls time on coal, while Murdoch shift from denial to delay

6 September, 2021 - With the UN calling for Australia to quit coal by 2030, but Rupert Murdoch officially moving only to ‘net zero by 2050’, the looming divide ...

PM’s Women’s Safety Summit just more political theatre

6 September, 2021 - The Greens say day one of the Women’s Safety Summit was yet another exercise in political theatre for a government that remains completely o...

Amid record corporate super-profits, Greens announce new Tycoon Tax to raise $338 billion for public good

6 September, 2021 - The Greens have today announced they will push for a new 40% corporate super-profits tax on the excess profits made by big corporations, inc...

Report fails students, teachers, families

6 September, 2021 - The Education Committee of the NSW Parliament will table a report at 10am today into Mark Latham's "Parental Rights" Bill - a bill which att...