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Diane Evers’ August Update

2 September, 2020 - Ending native forest logging, preventing river damming, reviving railways and generally working towards regional regeneration By Hon. Dia...

Robin Chapple’s August Update

2 September, 2020 - Still dealing with the Juukan Gorge Cave destruction, and further threats to our northern environment, such as fracking By Hon. Robin Ch...

Alison Xamon’s August Update

2 September, 2020 - In a number of areas, there is increasing concern about the lack of transparency in Government processes By Hon. Alison Xamon, MLC, Membe...

Rachel Siewert’s August Update

2 September, 2020 - Time to step down, but plenty to do during this critical time and before I leave the Senate By Senator Rachel Siewert Many of you will...

Fear and Despair

2 September, 2020 - Searching for a sane and healthy response to nuclear and climate crises By Rob Delves, Green Issue Co-editor Hope, denial, fear, desp...

Outliving Nuclear Weapons

2 September, 2020 - Has the ongoing nuclear weapons standoff really prevented another world war, or are we just lucky, so far? By Adrian Glamorgan, a writer ...

Greens launch major plan to tackle Canberra’s growing inequality crisis

2 September, 2020 - The ACT Greens will today launch their ‘Supporting the Community Sector’ package - a comprehensive action plan to tackle Canberra’s growing ...

Mayors for Peace

2 September, 2020 - Local government definitely has a role to play in nuclear disarmament and engendering global peace By Dr Brad Pettitt, Mayor of Fremantl...

Rental scheme failing newly unemployed Victorians

2 September, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have released damning figures that show the state government’s rental relief scheme is failing newly unemployed renters...

COVID-19 Mental Health Grant winners announced

2 September, 2020 - Minister for Mental Health Shane Rattenbury has announced the recipients of the COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing Innovation Grants Progr...

ACT Government announces first all-electric public hospital in Australia (if not the world)

2 September, 2020 - The ACT Government has today announced that the Canberra Hospital Expansion will run on the ACT’s 100% renewable electricity - a world-leadi...

Greens will campaign to defeat gaslighting of Australia’s Green Bank

1 September, 2020 - Australian Greens Leader Adam Bandt says his party will fight to defeat the government's attempt to amend the Clean Energy Finance Corporati...

Senate Sends Strong Message To Gov On Unis Bill

1 September, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the Senate has fired a warning shot at the Morrison Government...

Rental Snapshot Shows Gov Must Invest In Social Housing, Retain JobSeeker Rate

1 September, 2020 - The Greens have said that Anglicare Australia’s latest Rental Affordability Snapshot update, released today, has shown that only a tiny perc...

Victorian Greens support six-month state of emergency bill

1 September, 2020 - Throughout the pandemic, the Greens have always supported an evidence-based and health-led response to the crisis, which includes listening ...