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Bandt: PM's technology target nothing more than a smokescreen

18 February, 2020 - The Prime Minister's leaked plan to adopt a so-called "technology target" instead of committing to Australia reaching net zero emissions by ...

Relaxing Water Restrictions Irresponsible

18 February, 2020 - Relaxing Sydney’s water restrictions while the impacts on water quality from runoff from heavy rainfall into the Warragamba dam remain uncer...

ACT Greens welcome heritage changes; call for sacred scarred trees protection

18 February, 2020 - The ACT Greens have lobbied for improvements that would help protect scarred trees of cultural significance to Canberra’s Ngunnawal communit...

ACT Greens secure housing accessibility commitments

18 February, 2020 - The ACT Greens today secured amendments to make it easier for people who require accessible housing to find appropriate homes. “If you’r...

Casey community shouldn't have to wait until 2024 to elect new representatives

18 February, 2020 - The Victorian Greens will be supporting the Government’s decision to dismiss Casey Council, but have said that people living in Casey should...

Students are not guinea pigs for Latham’s education vanity project

18 February, 2020 - The Greens have today published a dissenting report to the Parliamentary Inquiry into “Measurement and outcome-based funding in New South Wa...

Greens move for inquiry into clean energy transition

18 February, 2020 - Today the Victorian Greens will move to establish an inquiry into how Victoria can move to 100 per cent renewable energy, and out of coal, a...

Holden Cuts Demand Manufacturing Renaissance, Green New Deal: Greens

17 February, 2020 - Australian Greens Industry Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has reacted to news that General Motors will axe the Holden brand and 600 w...

Response to Federal Court dismissal of ABC case - Govt must rule out charging journalists

17 February, 2020 - Greens Spokesperson for Media and Chair of the Senate Inquiry into Press Freedoms Senator Sarah Hanson-Young responded to the Federal Court’...

Bandt calls for growth in ‘renewables mining’ with a Green New Deal

17 February, 2020 - Australian Greens Leader Adam Bandt has called for a growth in ‘renewables mining’ jobs and a phase out of thermal coal as part of the Green...

Water Minister Must Come Clean on Sydney’s Water Quality

17 February, 2020 - The Water Minister must come clean as to why Warragamba Dam was temporarily shut down recently, what contaminants caused it to shut down, an...

More legal protections needed for seniors, say ACT Greens

17 February, 2020 - More can be done to better protect vulnerable adults from all forms of abuse – including seniors, the Greens said today.   A recent ...

Environment restoration rorts to be referred to Auditor General

15 February, 2020 - The Greens will refer the Environment Restoration Fund and the Communities Environment Program to the Auditor General for investigation, aft...

'Climate Trigger' laws introduced to Senate to stop making climate crisis worse

13 February, 2020 - New laws that would require climate impacts and carbon emissions to be assessed before large-scale projects are given environmental approval...

ACT Greens deliver an Australian Parliamentary first: ACT to deliver bushfire smoke and air quality strategy

13 February, 2020 - As a result of Greens leadership, the ACT has today become the first Australian parliament to commit to a whole-of-government strategy on bu...