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PM urged to reverse ABC funding cuts to save jobs

24 June, 2020 - Responsibility for the 250 job cuts at the ABC announced today, lie firmly at the feet of the Morrison Government, the Greens say.Greens Spokesp...

ACT Greens condemn ABC Budget cuts, loss of local jobs

24 June, 2020 - As ABC Canberra loses jobs and vital news resources, accountability and scrutiny of politicians and influential decision-makers will be undermin...

Audit Office’s Damning Review into Sydney Water’s Poor Conservation Record Needs Urgent Inquiry

23 June, 2020 - A damning Audit Office’s report released today into Sydney Water’s performance in water conservation requires urgent intervention by the NSW Pre...

Bringing part of Floriade to the Alexander Maconochie Centre

23 June, 2020 - Detainees at the Alexander Maconochie Centre (AMC) have been assisting with the planting of Floriade bulbs, along with grassland tube to help wi...

National sick leave vital as COVID containment remains precarious: Bandt

22 June, 2020 - As new infections increase again with many happening at workplaces, the Greens say there is new urgency to give every worker 14 days COVID sick ...

ACT Greens call for Indigenous heritage assessments on DOMA site

22 June, 2020 - Culture matters. Heritage matters. Community voices matter. Yet too often in planning decisions, Canberra’s community voices get left behind....

Protect More Land After Fires or Face Mass Extinction in NSW

22 June, 2020 - The NSW Environment Minister must act upon alarming new evidence by WWF that estimates that 90 percent of some native species were wiped out by ...

Victorians need certainty that Somyurek didn't meddle with proposed council ward changes

22 June, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have called on the new minister for local government, Shaun Leane, to ensure that any proposed council ward changes made by...

Greens welcome new senator for Victoria, Lidia Thorpe

20 June, 2020 - The Australian Greens have today announced that Lidia Thorpe will be the next Senator for Victoria, following a massive state-wide ballot of the...

Greens welcome new senator for Victoria, Lidia Thorpe

20 June, 2020 - The Australian Greens have today announced that Lidia Thorpe will be the next Senator for Victoria, following a massive state-wide ballot of the...

Two whales fight for their lives off QLD

19 June, 2020 - Senator Whish-Wilson today comments on breaking news that a whale and calf are currently caught in shark nets near the Gold Coast and calls on t...

Free Uni Not Malicious Fee Hikes Says Faruqi As Humanities Graduate Tehan Attacks Humanities Students

19 June, 2020 - "Degrees should cost students zero dollars," Greens spokesperson for Education, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, said this morning in response to the "go...

Labor teams up with Morrison to green light environmental destruction

18 June, 2020 - Labor’s support of the Morrison Government’s plans to fast-track approvals for major projects risks permanent destruction of our environment and...

Gov Must Act As Eviction Cliff Approaches

18 June, 2020 - Australian Greens Housing spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the federal government and National Cabinet must act urgently to ens...