News

Greens MP arrested for taking part in a peaceful student protest about the bushfires and climate emergency

19 December, 2019 - Greens MP David Shoebridge will be defending the charge against him for participating in a peaceful climate emergency protest outside Kirrib...

NSW Government refuses to commit to secure long-term funding for vital disability advocacy services

19 December, 2019 - The Ageing & Disability Commissioner Report into the ongoing funding of vital independent disability advocacy services was handed down t...

Morrison government missing-in-action while climate emergency plunges profits of Australian farms

18 December, 2019 - Greens Senator Janet Rice has slammed the government’s failure to act as farmers suffer the effects of the climate emergency, following a da...

Fossil Fuel Companies Should Pay Pollution Levy: Greens

18 December, 2019 - It’s time that the fossil fuel companies whose products are responsible for the climate crisis start footing some of the bill for cleaning i...

Scrapping the North East Link now would save over $14 billion dollars

18 December, 2019 - Scrapping the North East Link now would save the Government over $14 billion dollars, according to an independent PBO costing obtained by th...

Murray-Darling the real victim of environmental vandalism at Water Ministers meeting

17 December, 2019 - Today’s meeting of the Murray–Darling Basin Ministerial Council has left the River system in crisis, robbed the environment, and has left So...

Newcastle Named Deadliest Track for Greyhounds in New South Wales, Followed by Gosford, Lismore and Nowra

17 December, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator and Animal Welfare Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has released figures showing that The Gardens outside Newcastl...

Blind & vision-impaired Australians celebrate audio description on public broadcasters

17 December, 2019 -   Tuesday 17th December 2019 Our blind and vision-impaired communities are celebrating today, after years of campaigning alongside the Green...

Government backflips on promise to tackle waste crisis this year

17 December, 2019 - The Victorian Labor Government appears to have backflipped on a promise to act on the waste crisis this year, after committing to release tw...

Melbourne Airport rail link needs a Broadmeadows connection

17 December, 2019 - With the state and federal governments set to sign off on the cheaper option of connecting the airport rail link to the suburban network, th...

Start your scooters: E-scooters and similar devices legalised in ACT

17 December, 2019 - Minister for Justice, Consumer Affairs and Road Safety, Shane Rattenbury, today announced changes that mean e-scooters and similar e-mobilit...

MYEFO: more than 90% of budget surplus is due to a structural underspend in the NDIS

16 December, 2019 - Australian Greens Disability Rights & Services spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John said the vast majority of the government's reduced bu...

MYEFO: Do nothing government dreaming of ever higher house prices

16 December, 2019 - Greens’ Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, responded today to the release of the Mid-Year Economic Forecast and Outlook (MYE...

Greens welcome ‘first steps’ on plastic; urge more action

16 December, 2019 - The ACT Greens have welcomed the ACT Government’s initial commitment to phase out some harmful single-use plastics, but say more needs to be...

Boost for Canberra’s growing renewable sector

16 December, 2019 - Canberra’s growing renewable sector will receive a boost with the second round of Renewable Energy Innovation Fund (REIF) Direct Grants and ...