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2019 ACT State of Environment report released

13 February, 2020 - Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability Shane Rattenbury has today welcomed recommendations and actions made in the 2019 ACT State of...

$4 million extra for ACT climate change action

13 February, 2020 - Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability Shane Rattenbury has today announced new funding to help reduce carbon emissions and to stren...

Premier must Intervene and Protect Threatened Species Habitat after Fires

13 February, 2020 - The NSW Premier must urgently intervene to ensure remaining threatened species habitat in the state is protected after a list of threatened ...

A quarter of a million personal searches by police to meet arbitrary annual quotas

13 February, 2020 - The NSW Police Force is stopping and searching people almost a quarter of a million times every year to meet arbitrary quotas. Police are al...

After Canberra’s ‘summer of smoke’, Greens plan for future smoke crises

13 February, 2020 - Following Canberra’s recent smoke crisis, the ACT Greens will today put forward a motion calling on the ACT Government to deliver a comprehe...

NSW moratorium on floodplain harvesting must be reinstated

12 February, 2020 - The NSW Government is again putting the Murray-Darling river system in jeopardy by lifting the moratorium on floodplain harvesting before wa...

Bandt: Greens pitch Green New Deal to business leaders

12 February, 2020 - Leader of the Australian Greens Adam Bandt, MP has reached out to the CEOs of Australia’s leading peak business and industry bodies to discu...

Water Minister Betrays Downstream Communities for Big Irrigator Mates

12 February, 2020 - The NSW Water Minister Melinda Pavey is so under the thumb of big corporate irrigators that she is prepared to rob downstream communities al...

Supreme Court challenge highlights broken process for major infrastructure projects

12 February, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed the newly launched Supreme Court challenge to the North East Link, saying it highlights Victoria’s broken...

High Court ruling

11 February, 2020 - The Greens welcome the High Court’s decision regarding the government’s ability to deport First Nations peoples. “Trying to deport First Nat...

Government avoids vote on Greens ICAC bill

11 February, 2020 - The Government has today used its numbers in the lower house to narrowly avoid voting on a motion to pass the Greens’ bill for a national co...

With QLD Gov Support, Greens renew calls for National Horse Register

11 February, 2020 - Greens Spokesperson for Animal Welfare, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has welcomed the Queensland Government’s support for a National Horse Regist...

Greens push for a more accessible Canberra

11 February, 2020 - The Greens today announced a push on the major parties to make Canberra’s housing market more accessible. “If you’re a person with limite...

First QT Question by a Greens Leader Used To Highlight Climate Crisis

10 February, 2020 - Adam Bandt MP has today used his first question to the Prime Minister as Leader of the Australian Greens to highlight the government’s inact...

Greens to flag West Papuan human rights abuses during Indonesian President’s visit

10 February, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt will join former Greens Leader Richard Di Natale in wearing a West Papuan lapel flag during the address of Indonesi...