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Yet another lacklustre student debt and housing announcement from Labor

12 February, 2025 - Greens Deputy Leader and Higher Education Spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi and Housing and Homelessness spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather ...

Finocchiaro CLP Government scraps NT Treaty process.

11 February, 2025 - Background  The Finocchiaro CLP Government has confirmed they will not pursue plans to establish a treaty with Aboriginal people, a ...

CLP announces further funding cuts to environmental advocacy groups

11 February, 2025 - Background The Finocchiaro CLP Government has announced they will cease taxpayer funded support for the Environment Centre NT (ECNT) and ...

Minns defies Law Reform Commission, targets protest with arrests

11 February, 2025 - The NSW Government will introduce new laws to the NSW Parliament this week that will further criminalise peaceful protest and hand significa...

Greens introduce federal law to protect the Great Australian Bight from oil & gas drilling forever

11 February, 2025 - On Tuesday the Greens will introduce a new law to federal parliament to help protect the Great Australian Bight from oil and gas drilling fo...

Labor Bows to Community Pressure Promising to Deliver Affordable Housing on Parramatta Road

10 February, 2025 - Labor has bowed to pressure from community advocates and The Greens, committing to deliver affordable housing at the former WestConnex site ...

Greens announce amendments to cap “obscene” NBN Executive salaries & improve access, affordability for consumers

10 February, 2025 - The Greens will move amendments to the Government’s NBN legislation this week to cap NBN Co executive salaries, and require the NBN to be re...

Labor’s women’s health announcement shows Greens pressure works

9 February, 2025 - Responding to the government's women's health announcement on Sunday morning, Greens leader in the Senate and spokesperson on Women, Larissa ...

Beach Energy's fossil fuel expansion off Victoria & Tasmania's coasts must be scrapped

7 February, 2025 - The Greens are calling for the Albanese Government to reject Beach Energy’s grossly unpopular plans for new fossil fuel extraction ...

80% of young people refused bail is a poor test for reducing crime

7 February, 2025 - The Minns Labor Government has announced that temporary youth bail law changes will be extended from 12 months to 4 years, with data showing ...

‘Don’t Punish Those on the Lowest Incomes Just to Balance the Books’: Rattenbury

7 February, 2025 - Lines attributable to Shane Rattenbury, Leader of the ACT Greens: “As the ACT Government signals looming ‘tough decisions’ and possible se...

Forestry Corporation caught out changing sustainability report

7 February, 2025 - The NSW Forestry Corporation has been discovered amending three years of sustainability reports, dramatically reducing the reported yield fro...

People’s Inquiry into Campus Free Speech on Palestine launches today

7 February, 2025 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi,  Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Higher Education Spokesperson, is pleased to join students, academics, the ...

Wine grape growers call for ACCC enforced Code

7 February, 2025 - The Senate Rural and Regional Affairs Committee will hear evidence today from the ACCC and Department of Agriculture in the second hearing of...