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Greens NSW introduce Bill to end travel concessions discrimination

3 June, 2020 - Jenny Leong MP, Greens Member for Newtown and spokesperson for Multiculturalism today gave notice of a Private Member's Bill in the NSW Legislati...

Greens call for investment in pop-up bike lanes on World Bicycle Day

3 June, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have called on the state government to immediately invest in pop-up bike lanes around greater Melbourne to help people pract...

Govt’s spotlight on arts and entertainment welcome

2 June, 2020 - The foreshadowing of a package for the arts and entertainment industry by the PM is welcome, but the devil will be in the detail, the Greens say....

Attack on media in America to be examined by Senate Press Freedom Inquiry

2 June, 2020 - Chair of the Senate Inquiry into Press Freedoms, Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, has vowed to look at the treatment of the press covering the ...

Public Housing, Not 'Granite Benchtop Grants', Should Drive Construction Stimulus

2 June, 2020 - The Greens have said that the construction of public and community housing should drive construction stimulus, not ill-conceived and unnecessary ...

Opening up Victoria to gas drilling would be a climate disaster

2 June, 2020 - The Victorian Greens will vote against the state government’s Petroleum Legislation Amendment Bill 2020 when it passes through the lower house th...

Public housing residents in Victoria need dedicated ombudsman

2 June, 2020 - The Victorian Greens will introduce a bill that would establish a public housing ombudsman when parliament resumes this week. After decades of...

Greens candidate for Eden-Monaro champions climate action

1 June, 2020 - The Greens are proud to announce Cathy Griff, long-term resident of the rural hamlet of Tanja on the NSW Far South Coast, as our candidate for th...

Govt-stacked inquiry set for self-congratulations not action on Domestic Violence

1 June, 2020 - The Greens have criticised the Morrison Government's plans for a stacked inquiry into domestic and family violence, saying more funding is needed...

Live Export Exemption Must Be Rejected

1 June, 2020 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the government must not grant an exemption to allow a live exp...

Gov's pathetic emissions figures based off dead livestock and shattered dreams

29 May, 2020 - Today’s pathetic emissions reduction figures confirm the government is set to waste another year in reducing carbon pollution instead of embracin...

Liberals' Narrow-Minded Cuts A Blow To Already Dismal Aid Budget

29 May, 2020 - Australian Greens International Development spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has criticised the Government’s international aid cuts announced ...

ABS data demands more for women from Government

29 May, 2020 - Today's ABS Household data survey provides further confirmation that the impacts of COVID crisis are falling disproportionately to women. The Gre...

Free Childcare Must Be Extended

29 May, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has called on the Education Minister to extend the current free childcare arrange...

Increased train and tram services are necessary as COVID-19 restrictions ease

29 May, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have called on the state government to urgently increase the state's train and tram frequency to prevent the looming congest...