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Statement from Leader of the Australian Greens Adam Bandt on news that JobKeeper estimates are $60 billion off

22 May, 2020 - "Wow." "Now Scott Morrison has no excuse not to extend JobKeeper to all who need it, retain the new JobSeeker rate, give a Jobs and Income Guaran...

Australian Greens condemn attempts to ratchet up repression in Hong Kong

22 May, 2020 - The Australian Greens condemn the Chinese Government’s plans to enact sweeping new national security laws in Hong Kong, with Leader of the Austra...

No Excuse: Govt must fund casuals, arts and entertainment, after JobKeeper revised down

22 May, 2020 - Greens Spokesperson for the Arts Senator Sarah Hanson-Young is calling on Treasurer Frydenberg to immediately extend JobKeeper to workers who hav...

Public and community housing upgraded with solar and sustainability improvements

22 May, 2020 - The ACT Government has allocated $365,000 to undertake solar and sustainability upgrades on public and community housing as part of the governmen...

New complaints process to help Canberra’s vulnerable

22 May, 2020 - The ACT Human Rights Commission (HRC) can now take complaints about abuse, neglect or exploitation of vulnerable people in our community. The ...

Censure motion looming for Minister apparently lying: Bandt

21 May, 2020 - Greens Leader and MP for Melbourne, Adam Bandt, said that Minister for Government Services, Stuart Robert, had potentially lied to him in writing...

Uni Jobs On The Line As Greens Back N.D.A.

21 May, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that up to 30,000 university jobs will be lost if the federal government...

Greens will fight government gas pipe dream in Tech Roadmap

21 May, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt has pledged to fight the government’s gas push laid out in the Technology Road Map Discussion Paper released by the gove...

Green Manufacturing, Not Fossil Fuels, The Way Out Of COVID-19

21 May, 2020 - Australian Greens Industry spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to a leaked report of the COVID Commission’s Manufacturing Taskforce...

Morrison Government continues attack on environment

21 May, 2020 - The Covid Commission being riddled with self-interested fossil fuel industry executives touting their own sector as the economic saviour from the...

Abbotsford Centrelink closure is savagery and incompetence

20 May, 2020 - Local Greens MP and Leader, Adam Bandt, has slammed Minister Stuart Robert’s decision to close the Abbotsford Centrelink this Friday. “The decisi...

He deserves a medal not a fine: My letter to MP Mark Furner

20 May, 2020 - Greens Healthy Oceans spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson and Queensland Senator Larissa Waters have written to Mark Furner, Queensland Mini...

Head of taskforce into Ann Marie Smith's death must be replaced due to conflict of interest

20 May, 2020 - Wednesday, 20th May, 2020 Australian Greens Disability Rights Spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John has called on the South Australian Premier ...

Childcare Must Remain Free

20 May, 2020 - The Greens have backed a community call to retain free childcare in light of the Education Minister’s strongest indications yet that the governme...

Australia should push for global ban on wildlife trade

19 May, 2020 - Greens Environment Spokesperson Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has re-iterated the Greens call for the Australian Government to push for a global ban...