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Victoria will undertake inquiry into 100% clean energy transition

4 March, 2020 - Today the Victorian Parliament voted in support of a Greens inquiry that will look into how the state can phase out coal and transition to 100 p...

ACT gas phase-out gaining momentum

4 March, 2020 - Canberrans are voting with their feet, transitioning away from natural gas and making the switch to 100% renewable electricity – again cementing...

Attorney-General should come clean on whether Commonwealth Integrity Commission would cover Sports Rorts

3 March, 2020 - Attorney-General Christian Porter continues to avoid a clear answer on whether his long overdue proposal for a Commonwealth Integrity Commission...

Private School Favouritism Confirmed With Broad Slush Fund Guidelines & New Bill

3 March, 2020 - Australian Greens Senator for NSW and Education spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has said that private schools will be able to spend the $1.2 bi...

Today's rate cut lays the foundation for a Green New Deal: Whish-Wilson, Bandt

3 March, 2020 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, and leader, Adam Bandt MP, called on the government to respond to today’s interest rat...

Green Issue: Editorial February 2020

3 March, 2020 - By Rob Delves, for the Green Issue Editorial Team Adam Bandt has come out swinging in favour of a Green New Deal (GND) and this is the main t...

Local Government Bill will wipe independent and minority voices from councils

3 March, 2020 - Today the Local Government Bill will be debated in Victorian Parliament, and, if passed, will effectively wipe out independent and minority coun...

Senate Estimates reveal Australia not on track for Paris climate targets: Bandt

2 March, 2020 - The climate crisis is heating Australia faster than other nations and answers to Greens questions at Senate Estimates today confirm Australia wi...

Bandt wants ‘war-cabinet’ to tackle the climate emergency

2 March, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt will introduce a Bill into the House of Representatives this morning, seconded by the Member for Waringah Zali Steggall...

Jordon Steele-John’s February Update

2 March, 2020 - Saddened by the bushfires and the Federal Government’s response to them, and by the testimony coming from the Disability Royal Commission By ...

Year-round pill testing can be realised: ACT Greens

2 March, 2020 - Ahead of April’s Groovin the Moo music festival, the Greens have again called for routine pill testing in the ACT. It comes following the suc...

Over 15,000 cases of illegal fire activity by landowners ignored by authorities

29 February, 2020 - There have been less than a dozen prosecutions of landowners in the past decade despite over 15,000 incidents of out of control hazard reduc...

GND Q&A

29 February, 2020 - Seven burning questions about a Green New Deal By Senator Jordon Steele-John I’m sure you’ve heard of a Green New Deal (GND), particul...

Diane Evers’ February Update

29 February, 2020 - The plight of our forests in a changing climate, promoting adequate support and funding for regional communities, and visiting many of those...

Tim Clifford’s February Update

29 February, 2020 - Entering the decade of our last chance to avoid catastrophic climate change, activism needs to ramp up  By Hon. Tim Clifford, MLC f...