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The Latrobe Valley deserves a plan and clean jobs, not more coal-fired pipe dreams

19 November, 2019 - The Greens have responded to the recent statements from the CEO of Alinta Energy, Jeff Dimery, who predicted an early closure of the Loy Yan...

As climate bushfires continue government must reject CCS pipedream: Bandt

18 November, 2019 - Greens climate and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP has slammed the government’s latest push for carbon capture and storage (CCS) technolog...

Greens push for local content quotas ahead of Disney+ launch

18 November, 2019 - Ahead of the Disney+ launch in Australia on Tuesday, November 19, the Greens have made a renewed push for local content quotas for streaming...

Statement from Senator Larissa Waters

14 November, 2019 - The Greens absolutely do not support the statement made yesterday by Sherele Moody that firefighters are responsible for an increase in dome...

Government to pull safety net against injustice out from under vulnerable Victorians

14 November, 2019 - A bill is expected to pass parliament today that would abolish a long-standing right of appeal, despite opposition from the Victorian Greens...

Bushfire Emergency

13 November, 2019 - Bushfire Emergency Bushfires are currently devastating communities across Australia, tragically taking lives and destroying property. The...

Local Government Bill is a travesty for democracy in Victoria

13 November, 2019 - The Victorian Greens have come out swinging against Adam Somyurek MP’s proposed Local Government Bill, saying it would put councils up for s...

The Greens and Reason Party make history by joining forces for first ever co-sponsored bill

12 November, 2019 - The Victorian Greens and Reason Party will make history tomorrow when they table a co-sponsored bill introducing a two-year pill testing pil...

Morrison Must Wake From Climate Stupor On Bushfires: Faruqi

11 November, 2019 - Greens Senator for NSW, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has spoken to the tragedy of bushfires in her state and the Prime Minister's shameful silence on ...

“Oil Spill Risk” too big to give oil giant green light in the Great Australian Bight

11 November, 2019 - Big oil copped another blow to their plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight today, with the government agency NOPSEMA, rejecting Norwe...

The evidence is in; climate change is driving these catastrophic fires and the NSW government is in denial

11 November, 2019 - With catastrophic losses of lives, property and nature mounting, it is no longer possible to deny the reality of climate change and this mus...

NSW and Queensland burn as Morrison fails to get climate crisis under control

9 November, 2019 - Greens spokesperson for the climate crisis, Adam Bandt MP, has responded to the bushfires burning across NSW and QLD, saying Scott Morrison b...

Greens refer Liberal election signs to AFP

8 November, 2019 - The Greens have today referred the Victorian Division of the Liberal Party to the AFP over signs used at Victorian polling places during the ...

WA gas industry is a colossal, national climate bomb: Greens

8 November, 2019 - The Australian Government’s push for liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a low-emissions fossil fuel has been exposed with a new report finding no...

Coroner’s findings proof that policing the war on drugs unwinnable and damaging

8 November, 2019 - Today’s Coroners Court findings make it clear the aggressive ongoing police war against young people and the music industry is damaging and u...