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Supporting gender equity in Asia-Pacific and Middle East Green parties

26 June, 2020 - Women uniquely face key challenges of social, economic and political inequity throughout the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions. That’s why t...

The union movement, racism and a Green New Deal

26 June, 2020 - Union organiser and former Greens national co-convenor Rebecca Galdies discusses why unions need to step up in the fight against racism, and why...

Defence 'the worst way' to spend $200 billion

25 June, 2020 - Thursday 20th June 2020 Australian Greens Peace & Disarmament spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John said today that buying new military techno...

Heads should roll after scathing report into environment laws

25 June, 2020 - Heads should roll over the ineptitude and failure of duty identified by the Auditor-General in a scathing report into Australia’s environment la...

Morrison’s arts and entertainment package, too little, very late

25 June, 2020 - The Morrison Government’s long-awaited package for the arts and entertainment industry, announced today, is too little, very late, the Greens sa...

After Ditching Old Growth Remapping, Government Must Protect all Native Forests 

25 June, 2020 - The NSW Government has made the right choice to back away from its disastrous plan to remap old growth forests in order to open them up for logg...

PM urged to reverse ABC funding cuts to save jobs

24 June, 2020 - Responsibility for the 250 job cuts at the ABC announced today, lie firmly at the feet of the Morrison Government, the Greens say.Greens Spokesp...

Climate wars won't end by surrendering

24 June, 2020 - The Australian Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, has said Labor’s latest offer to embrace carbon capture and storage won’t help tackle the climate emer...

ACT Greens condemn ABC Budget cuts, loss of local jobs

24 June, 2020 - As ABC Canberra loses jobs and vital news resources, accountability and scrutiny of politicians and influential decision-makers will be undermin...

Audit Office’s Damning Review into Sydney Water’s Poor Conservation Record Needs Urgent Inquiry

23 June, 2020 - A damning Audit Office’s report released today into Sydney Water’s performance in water conservation requires urgent intervention by the NSW Pre...

Bringing part of Floriade to the Alexander Maconochie Centre

23 June, 2020 - Detainees at the Alexander Maconochie Centre (AMC) have been assisting with the planting of Floriade bulbs, along with grassland tube to help wi...

National sick leave vital as COVID containment remains precarious: Bandt

22 June, 2020 - As new infections increase again with many happening at workplaces, the Greens say there is new urgency to give every worker 14 days COVID sick ...

ACT Greens call for Indigenous heritage assessments on DOMA site

22 June, 2020 - Culture matters. Heritage matters. Community voices matter. Yet too often in planning decisions, Canberra’s community voices get left behind....

Protect More Land After Fires or Face Mass Extinction in NSW

22 June, 2020 - The NSW Environment Minister must act upon alarming new evidence by WWF that estimates that 90 percent of some native species were wiped out by ...