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Arts and entertainment package needs urgent increase

9 July, 2020 - The Morrison Government must significantly increase the arts and entertainment industry recovery package following a return to lockdown measures ...

Tehan childcare rules risks collapse of childcare centres: Bandt

8 July, 2020 - As Melbourne goes back into stage 3 lockdowns, the Federal government is pulling the major childcare supports which played a positive role in the...

Health Minister Must Investigate NSW Health for Sydney Airport Screening Stuff Up

8 July, 2020 - Health Minister Brad Hazzard must urgently investigate how NSW Health failed to ensure that a planeload of passengers arriving at Sydney Airport ...

Greens call on Environment Minister to immediately release interim report into environment laws

7 July, 2020 - The Greens are calling on Environment Minister Sussan Ley to immediately release the interim report into Australia's environment laws handed to h...

Recycling plan another waste of an opportunity

6 July, 2020 - Greens Waste and Recycling spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, comments on today's announcement of a 'Recycling Modernisation Plan,' highli...

Morrison Government must rule out killing more jobs by abolishing local content rules

6 July, 2020 - The Greens are calling on the Morrison Government to rule out killing more Australian jobs by permanently abolishing local content rules and to g...

Government must act to prevent other public housing towers being locked down

6 July, 2020 - Preventing a hard lock down of other public housing towers across Melbourne must now be a priority for the Housing Minister. Public housing r...

Public Housing health response should be led by care, not force

5 July, 2020 - The Greens have today said the Andrews State Government’s unprecedented lockdown of social housing blocks had created appalling outcomes for tena...

Statement on Eden-Monaro

4 July, 2020 - I want to thank our fantastic candidate, Cathy Griff, and the wonderful members and supporters of the NSW Greens, especially in Eden-Monaro, who ...

Victorian Government should put solar and batteries on all 24,000 free-standing public housing homes

4 July, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have called on the state government to put solar and batteries on all free-standing public housing homes on the back of its ...

Greens announce new climate targets as modelling shows higher 2030 targets needed to meet Paris goals

3 July, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt has released new analysis showing that because pollution has increased so much since the Liberals repealed the carbon pr...

Victoria continues to fall short when it comes to public school funding

3 July, 2020 - A comparison of state and federal funding agreements has exposed the Andrews Labor Government’s woeful rate of public school funding. Victoria...

New Victims of Crime Charter will deliver more rights, improved criminal justice system for Canberrans

2 July, 2020 - Legislation to create a Charter of Rights for Victims of Crime has been introduced in the Legislative Assembly, furthering the Territory’s commit...

ACT Greens propose more protections for COVID-affected renters

2 July, 2020 - ACT Greens Housing Spokesperson Caroline Le Couteur will today bring forward amendments that, if supported, will secure more protections for COVI...