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Cooleman Court Petition speech to the Legislative Assembly

18 June, 2020 - I am pleased to be able to support 1110 of my constituents who signed this petition but appalled that the government is planning to replace a mu...

“Overwhelmingly successful” Home Births trial welcomed, now time to ease restrictions: ACT Greens

18 June, 2020 - The ACT Greens are pleased today with a Government commitment to expand the “overwhelmingly successful” Home Births trial in the ACT after decad...

Greens push to ban dirty political donations and restore democracy

17 June, 2020 - The Greens will today introduce a bill in the Senate that will prohibit political donations from certain industries, and impose a cap on all oth...

Senate calls for urgent confidentiality legislation for Disability Royal Commission

16 June, 2020 - Tuesday, 16 June 2020 The Senate has supported a Greens motion calling on the Government to urgently legislate protections for witnesses seeking...

Greens call on Parliament to unite and tackle corruption

16 June, 2020 - The House of Representatives will today be forced to debate the implementation of a national integrity commission, after the Senate expressed fr...

Live Export: Minister Must Intervene To Prevent Departure

16 June, 2020 - Following an unsuccessful last-minute court challenge by Animals Australia, Australian Greens Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi...

ACT Greens call to increase accountability In the Canberra’s planning system

16 June, 2020 - The ACT Greens are calling on the ACT Government to increase accountability in Canberra’s planning system, introducing a raft of new measures fo...

Victoria needs new bail laws to end the over-imprisonment of First Nations people

16 June, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have called on the state government to urgently introduce new bail laws to help reduce the number of First Nations people b...

Senate calls on Govt to require streaming giants to fund Australian-made stories

15 June, 2020 - The Senate has today called on the Morrison Government to require tech giants like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV and Stan to back and fund Aus...

Morrison’s deregulation plan = Cutting corners and killing koalas

15 June, 2020 - The Morrison Government’s “deregulation plan” is code for letting big business cut corners at the expense of our environment, the Greens say, pl...

This Refugee Week, ACT Greens call on Federal Government to #BringThemHere

15 June, 2020 - In marking National Refugee Week this week, The ACT Greens today have called on the Federal Government to bring refugees trapped in offshore det...

Somyurek's council-stacking system must be repealed

15 June, 2020 - The Victorian Greens say changes to the Local Government Act that mandated single-member wards on councils must be repealed following last night...

Andrews must get rid of Somyurek and other Ministers immediately

15 June, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have called on Premier Andrews to immediately sack Minister Somyurek and all other Ministers involved in the dealings highl...

Greens make crucial Eden-Monaro preferences decision

14 June, 2020 - In Eden-Monaro, where in 2019 Greens’ preferences were crucial in determining the final result, the Greens have made a decision about who will a...