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Greens welcome last minute Community TV licence extension

30 June, 2020 - The Greens have welcomed the last minute extension to the free-to-air broadcast licences for Community TV stations Channel 44 in Adelaide and Ch...

Greens act to include First Nations voices in decision-making

30 June, 2020 - “In May 2020 the Australian Greens became the first political party in Australia to ensure the voices and demands of the First Nations peoples o...

Next Gen’s Climate Future?

30 June, 2020 - Australian politics has totally failed in its duty of care to the younger generations through its failure to meaningfully address the looming cl...

Exhortations to Next Gen

30 June, 2020 - A letter written by 12 year-old Tara Hurst and published in the compilation “Letters to our Home” Dear Future Generations, WA is an amazi...

Koala Report Release must be a Gamechanger for More Habitat Protection or Koalas on Track for Extinction

30 June, 2020 - The Report from the NSW Upper House Inquiry into the State’s Koala Populations and their Habitat, released today after a year-long Inquiry, must...

Protect Koalas, Water, Sacred Sites, Farms. Cancel Shenhua Watermark.

30 June, 2020 - Shenhua’s failure to apply for a mining licence for the fourth time means that it’s time for the Minister for Resources John Barilaro to put the...

2020 ACT Election: Greens to bring truth in electoral advertising to a vote

30 June, 2020 - The Greens will bring truth in politics to a vote in the ACT Legislative Assembly next week, calling on the other parties to support a ban on fa...

Greens 2020 Campaign Launch Speech

28 June, 2020 - ACT Greens launch 2020 election campaign to Build a Better Normal Speech by Shane Rattenbury MLA, ACT Greens Leader Welcome Thank you T...

Australia must urgently condemn Israel’s annexation plans: Bandt

26 June, 2020 - The Greens call on the Australian Government to add its voice to global calls and forcefully speak out against the Israeli Government’s plans to...

Greens slam lobbying revolving door revealed in ANAO report

26 June, 2020 - In another damning report, the Australian National Audit Office has found that the government does not adequately assess conflict of interests r...

Public ownership of Qantas International should be on the table: Bandt

26 June, 2020 - It is time to talk about bringing Qantas International into public ownership as part of any further assistance package, Leader of the Australian...

Ready for the rest of 2020

26 June, 2020 - Much of this year has felt like being in a washing machine: hard to know which way is up. But more recently, things are starting to come togethe...

What you need to know about the end of financial year

26 June, 2020 - At this time of year, you’re probably getting letters and emails from organisations asking for a tax deductible donation. What does that actuall...

Suffocated by the status quo

26 June, 2020 - For Aboriginal people, racism begins at birth. And as the Greens’ incoming senator Lidia Thorpe explains, it’s up to all of us to unpack the ...