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Greens welcome resignation of Rio Tinto bosses but cultural shift is needed across the mining industry

16 September, 2020 - The Greens say that the resignation of Rio CEO Mr Jacques is a good sign that the company is taking some responsibility for the Juukan Gorg...

Victorian Government must act to prevent pink collar recession: Greens

16 September, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have called on the state government to fund the creation of more jobs for women to prevent a pink collar recession in ...

Labor split on nuclear waste dump

15 September, 2020 - The Greens are calling on the Labor Leader in the Senate, Penny Wong to declare where her party stands on the proposed Nuclear Waste Dump i...

Unis Inquiry Reveals Widespread Dissatisfaction With Bill

15 September, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said the first day of the Senate Inquiry into the Job-ready Graduates l...

Targets out and gas in: Liberals and Labor play with matches while our world burns

15 September, 2020 - Australian Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, says today is a grim day for the climate, with the Prime Minister revealing plans to gas-fire Austral...

Don’t dump on SA: major flaws in bill for proposed nuclear waste dump

15 September, 2020 - The Greens strongly oppose the bill to establish a nuclear waste dump at Kimba. Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens Senator for South Austra...

Gas industry wishlist a fracking nightmare: Bandt

14 September, 2020 - Leader of the Australian Greens Adam Bandt MP has today slammed a proposed wishlist from Australia's peak gas body that would see the metha...

ACT Greens plan for City to Woden Light Rail Express

14 September, 2020 - To ensure that the Woden-City service is convenient and used by as many Canberrans as possible, the ACT Greens will commit to every second ...

Greens condemn Adani for silencing climate activist

11 September, 2020 - Responding to the Supreme Court’s decision to grant Adani a temporary injunction to silence anti-Adani activist Ben Pennings, Senator for Q...

Extremely Reassuring the Govt is acting to Save Koalas from Extinction

11 September, 2020 - "It’s extremely reassuring to see the NSW Premier and her Planning and Environment Ministers taking the findings and recommendations from t...

Canberra’s first Neighbourhood Democracy package

11 September, 2020 - The ACT Greens will today announce a commitment to deliver Canberra’s first Neighbourhood Democracy package, giving the Canberra community,...

Horse Register Commitment Welcome But Now The Work Must Begin

10 September, 2020 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has welcomed the Australian Government’s response to the Senate inquir...

Leave science to the scientists: Guy Barnett must release bushfire information

10 September, 2020 - Senator Peter Whish-Wilson has called on Tasmanian Minister for Resources Guy Barnett to not withhold critical information needed for bushf...

Cost of fast-tracking tax cuts could fund $225b of recovery investment instead, new PBO costings reveal

10 September, 2020 - As calls grow for a $220b infrastructure spend to tackle the recession, new costings completed by the Parliamentary Budget Office, at the r...

Extra $1.1 million local investment in clean, green energy projects

10 September, 2020 - The latest round of the ACT Government’s Renewable Energy Innovation Fund (REIF) Direct Grants will provide the sector more than $1.1 milli...