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Greens call on Scott Morrison to pursue elimination strategy for COVID-19

17 July, 2020 - Dr Richard Di Natale, Australian Greens health spokesperson, is today calling on the Prime Minister to adopt an elimination strategy for COVID-1...

We need Australian-made films to save local jobs

17 July, 2020 - Today’s $400m tax incentive for bringing international productions to be filmed in Australia must be backed up with government commitment to sup...

Positive COVID-19 case at Metropolitan Remand Centre highlights urgent need to release low-risk prisoners

17 July, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have called on the Andrews Government to immediately release low-risk prisoners following news of a positive COVID-19 case ...

‘Lock it or lose it’ to outsmart bike thieves

17 July, 2020 - Canberrans are being reminded to ‘lock it or lose it’ as part of a community awareness campaign to reduce bicycle thefts in the ACT. Minister...

Inquiry needs to be wake-up call for state government on public housing

17 July, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed the announcement of an inquiry into the hard lockdown of the public housing tower on Alfred Street in North M...

Auditor-General’s ‘Watergate’ report shows incompetence and dodgy practices

16 July, 2020 - It’s untenable to leave the National Party in charge of water and a Royal Commission is needed more than ever, after today’s Auditor-General’s r...

Ban the Bomb: 75th anniversary of Trinity atomic test

16 July, 2020 - Australian Greens Spokesperson for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament Senator Jordon Steele-John has called for an acknowledgment of the role Austral...

Skills Spend Heavy On Spin And Hypocrisy

16 July, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the government’s ‘JobTrainer’ scheme is heavy on spin and hugely h...

A 'BushCare Blitz' would create 11,000 jobs and restore our environment

16 July, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed the state government’s ‘cleaning blitz’ initiative but say that more jobs will need to be created to protect ...

Mass UNSW Job Cuts Devastating and Infuriating

15 July, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has labelled today’s news of cuts to approximately 500 full-time equivalent jobs...

Health minister must ignore beverage industry pressure and vote for stronger label

15 July, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have called on Health Minister Jenny Mikakos to support strong health warning labels on alcohol products to prevent their c...

Extra support urgently needed for disabled people & carers

14 July, 2020 - Monday, 13 July 2020 The Australian Greens have reiterated their calls for people on the Disability Support Pension (DSP) and Carer Payment to r...

Privatised reef protection plan still ignores climate crisis

14 July, 2020 - The release of the 2020-2021 workplan for the Reef Trust Partnership once again shows the Reef requires comprehensive, science-based protection ...

Greens announce major plan to support Canberra’s women through COVID-19 crisis

14 July, 2020 - The ACT Greens have today launched a Gender-led Recovery Package to support Canberra’s women through the COVID-19 crisis. “Canberrans of all ...

Independent inquiry needed to prevent marginalised communities from being locked up again

14 July, 2020 - As support for an inquiry into the state government’s management of the public housing lockdowns continues to grow across party lines, the Victo...