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Greens call on PM to stand down Sukkar

25 August, 2020 - The Greens are calling on the Prime Minister to stand down Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar while the Department of Finance investigates the...

Greens to move to block environment law changes that weaken protections

25 August, 2020 - The Greens will tomorrow move to block the Morrison Government from rushing changes to environment laws through the Senate, with the so-called...

Greens move to stop Government JobKeeper 2.0 wage cut powers

25 August, 2020 - The Greens have described a government bill to extend IR ‘flexibility’ and create a special tier of businesses as corporate welfare at workers...

Alarming rates of COVID-19 infection in the workplace highlight need for guaranteed compensation

25 August, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have said the alarming number of health workers contracting COVID-19 in the workplace make clear the need for guaranteed ...

Real reforms to our planning system… but the fight for a climate-ready Canberra goes on.

25 August, 2020 - I’m pleased to announce that the Greens have secured agreement on a range of important reforms that will help make our planning system work fo...

Regional Unis And Students Will Still Lose Out

24 August, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has responded to reports that the National Party has secured Government backin...

10 Years on, Greens-Labor Agreement a formula for progressive change

21 August, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt will celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the power sharing Parliament and the agreement between Labor and the Greens...

National tourism plan urgently needed with 172k businesses on brink of bust

20 August, 2020 - 172,000 tourism businesses across Australia are just two weeks away from going bust, the Covid19 Senate Committee has heard today, prompting t...

Environment minister should not put marginal mining project ahead of Tasmanian interests

20 August, 2020 - Tasmanian Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson today calls on the federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley not to weaken environmental conditions ...

Australian first as ACT Greens secure commitment to regular pill-testing

20 August, 2020 - The ACT Greens are pleased today to have secured a commitment from ACT Labor to explore a permanent pill-testing site in the ACT this Summer -...

Australian first as ACT Greens secure commitment to regular pill-testing

20 August, 2020 - The ACT Greens are pleased today to have secured a commitment from ACT Labor to explore a pill-testing site in the ACT this Summer - an Austra...

Rental protections need to be longer and stronger

20 August, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed news that the state government will extend its ban on evictions and rent increases. Renters have been am...

Australian first as Greens secure commitment to raise the age of criminal responsibility in the ACT

20 August, 2020 - The ACT Greens have secured a commitment from the ACT Government to support raising the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 years - a...

One in three newly unemployed renters worried about eviction at the end of September: Greens survey

20 August, 2020 - A Victorian Greens survey of nearly 700 renters has revealed that many renters who have become unemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic have be...