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Push for Senate to examine impact of fires on faunal extinction

17 January, 2020 - Chair of the Senate's Environment Committee Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has announced today she will move for the Faunal Extinction Inquiry to...

Now we’re cooking with … electricity! Gas no longer a requirement in Canberra suburbs

17 January, 2020 - Changes in the ACT mean new suburbs no longer require a gas connection, allowing them the opportunity to be zero emissions and to have cheape...

Bridget McKenzie sports grants bias, rorts deserve scrutiny by the Senate

16 January, 2020 -   Greens Senator Janet Rice has slammed Bridget McKenzie’s handling of the sport program, giving $100 million in sport grants to favour Coal...

Water and Environment Ministers must meet urgently to deal with mass fish kills and safe drinking water

16 January, 2020 - Reports today of another mass fish kill in NSW caused by ash and sediment from bushfires running into the Macleay River, is the disaster expe...

Government's promise to get trucks off residential streets is all spin and no substance

16 January, 2020 - Trucks are regularly ignoring the truck bans in place on residential streets, despite assurances by the Government that this would no longer ...

Bus lane removal is wrong approach: Greens

16 January, 2020 - Removing part of a bus lane to encourage more private car use is ultimately bad for commuters and out-of-step with the Government’s climate a...

Murdoch University Must Drop Whole Case Against Academic Whistleblower

14 January, 2020 - Greens Senator for NSW and Education Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has welcomed Murdoch University’s decision to drop their counter claim ...

Govt’s $50m for wildlife just petty cash for environmental catastrophe

13 January, 2020 - The Federal Government’s announcement of $50 million to wildlife affected by the bushfire crisis is nowhere near enough and should be at leas...

Govt’s $50m for wildlife just petty cash for environmental catastrophe

13 January, 2020 - The Federal Government’s announcement of $50million to wildlife affected by the bushfire crisis is nowhere near enough and should be at least...

Bus lane removal is wrong approach: ACT Greens

13 January, 2020 - Removing part of a bus lane to encourage more private car use is ultimately bad for commuters and out-of-step with the Government’s climate a...

Greens Senator Speaks at Big Wollongong Climate Rally Calling for Urgent Climate Action

12 January, 2020 - Greens Senator for NSW, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has addressed a big climate rally in Wollongong yesterday, condemning Prime Minister Scott Morriso...

National Water Pollution Plan needed to protect clean water supply

10 January, 2020 - Australia urgently needs a National Water Pollution Plan with clean water looming as the next crisis as a result of the catastrophic fires ac...

Where is the Environment Minister?

9 January, 2020 - The Federal Environment Minister is missing in action despite reports that more than a billion native animals have been impacted and killed in...

Greens call for ‘Fighting Fund’ for the environment decimated by fires

8 January, 2020 - The Greens have called on the Prime Minister to establish a ‘Fighting Fund’ for the environment to restore and protect the flora and fauna dec...