News

High Court ruling

11 February, 2020 - The Greens welcome the High Court’s decision regarding the government’s ability to deport First Nations peoples. “Trying to deport First Nat...

Greens push for a more accessible Canberra

11 February, 2020 - The Greens today announced a push on the major parties to make Canberra’s housing market more accessible. “If you’re a person with limite...

We Don’t Need No Hanson Education Bill: Faruqi

10 February, 2020 - Greens Education Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has responded to Senator Pauline Hanson’s announcement of “The Prohibiting the Indoct...

First QT Question by a Greens Leader Used To Highlight Climate Crisis

10 February, 2020 - Adam Bandt MP has today used his first question to the Prime Minister as Leader of the Australian Greens to highlight the government’s inact...

Greens to flag West Papuan human rights abuses during Indonesian President’s visit

10 February, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt will join former Greens Leader Richard Di Natale in wearing a West Papuan lapel flag during the address of Indonesi...

Senate pressures Govt to bring on vote for Greens Federal ICAC

10 February, 2020 - The Australian Senate has sent a message to the Morrison Government that it wants a federal corruption watchdog with teeth, voting for the G...

Labor joining the Liberals in hugging coal: Bandt

9 February, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt MP has slammed Labor Deputy Leader Richard Marles comments on ABC's Insiders program and called on Anthony Albanese ...

Greens ask Auditor General to investigate new sports rorts

7 February, 2020 - The Greens have today written to the Auditor General asking for a full investigation of $150 million in sports funding channelled to Liberal-...

BREAKING NEWS:  Indigenous heritage will now be assessed at major Canberra development

7 February, 2020 - Canberrans were outraged to learn this week that the development proposed at the old CSIRO site, on the foothills of Mount Ainslie, could hav...

Cancel Adani's approval after criminal conviction: Greens

6 February, 2020 - The Federal Government must revoke Adani’s coal mine approval after the company was today expected to be criminally convicted of false and mi...

Greens slam cabinet of climate criminals

6 February, 2020 - The Australian Greens have slammed Scott Morrison's cabinet reshuffle, which further cements the climate denialism of this government. Austra...

Inquiry Launched into Air Quality Impacts of Bushfire Smoke and Drought

6 February, 2020 - An NSW Parliamentary Committee will inquire into the health impacts of exposure to poor levels of air quality caused by bushfire smoke and dr...

Wombat protection a critical step, but thousands still at risk of being killed

6 February, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed the Government’s decision to overturn the decades-old legal loophole that allowed wombats to be killed wit...

Bandt in push to double firefighters with coal levy

5 February, 2020 - As part of the Green New Deal to solve the climate crisis, Greens Leader Adam Bandt has called for the doubling of the number of paid firefig...

Greens compel Prime Minister to release Gaetjens Report into sports rorts scandal and emails to Mackenzie

5 February, 2020 - The Senate today passed the Greens’ Order for the Production of Documents compelling the Prime Minister to release the Gaetjens Report and th...