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Greens call for immediate moratorium on CSG in NSW following scathing parliamentary report

27 February, 2020 - Today a scathing report was released by the parliamentary inquiry into the CSG industry in NSW detailing how the NSW Government has failed t...

Victoria finally catches up to the rest of the country with introduction of spent convictions scheme

27 February, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed news that the Andrews Government will commit to introducing a spent convictions scheme. The Greens int...

Tree efforts welcomed, but still so much more to do: ACT Greens

27 February, 2020 - The ACT Greens have again called on the Government to demonstrate its commitment to urgent action at a time of climate emergency, by plantin...

Emergency action needed from PM to stop more deaths from violence

26 February, 2020 - The Prime Minister must address the national crisis of women’s death by violence with a $5 billion investment in domestic violence response ...

Coalition, Labor and One Nation let NSW get away with floodplain harvesting

26 February, 2020 - The Liberals, Nationals, Labor and One Nation have refused to support the Greens call for the NSW Government to reinstate the moratorium on ...

Government subverts democracy twice in two sitting weeks to gag transparency on rorts

26 February, 2020 - The Morrison Government is actively subverting democracy by twice in the past two sitting weeks using procedural games to avoid greater tran...

Bandt: We need a Green New Deal to stave off risk of recession

26 February, 2020 - The Government needs to implement a Green New Deal to keep the economy moving and stave off the growing risk of recession, said Leader of th...

Manyana Tree Clearing Petition shows power of local community

26 February, 2020 - A petition presented to the NSW Parliament today with over 1,500 signatures shows the power of the small community of Manyana in the Shoalha...

Government undermines circular economy by allowing 85 per cent of Victoria's waste to be burned

26 February, 2020 - The Andrews Government has announced that it will allow one million tonnes – or 85 per cent – of Victoria’s household waste to be incinerate...

ACT Greens: New Woden CIT campus a chance to 'give back to the community'

26 February, 2020 - “Like so many in the Woden Valley, the Greens have long argued that Woden is in desperate need of urban renewal," ACT Greens Member for Murr...

Fixing the $52 million RFS donations mess

26 February, 2020 - The Greens NSW are introducing legislation to ensure the $52 million donated to the Rural Fires Trust during the catastrophic fire season ca...

Government's approval of duck shooting season ignores community pleas

26 February, 2020 - The Andrews Government has yet again decided to green light the annual slaughter of native waterbirds in Victoria, despite months of protest...

ACT Government to investigate mobile phone detection cameras

26 February, 2020 - The ACT Government is investigating the introduction of mobile phone detection cameras to help address the significant safety concerns arisi...

Net-zero by 2050 not enough, Australia's leading climate scientists say

25 February, 2020 - Leader of the Australian Greens, Adam Bandt MP, has commended Australia’s leading climate scientists for their courage in warning that both ...