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Extra support urgently needed for disabled people & carers

14 July, 2020 - Monday, 13 July 2020 The Australian Greens have reiterated their calls for people on the Disability Support Pension (DSP) and Carer Payment to r...

Greens announce major plan to support Canberra’s women through COVID-19 crisis

14 July, 2020 - The ACT Greens have today launched a Gender-led Recovery Package to support Canberra’s women through the COVID-19 crisis. “Canberrans of all ...

Independent inquiry needed to prevent marginalised communities from being locked up again

14 July, 2020 - As support for an inquiry into the state government’s management of the public housing lockdowns continues to grow across party lines, the Victo...

Extend Free Childcare And Provide JobKeeper For ECEC Workers: Greens

13 July, 2020 - The Greens have said that returning to expensive fee-paying childcare today will harm families, disproportionately impact women and threaten the...

Release refugees from high risk Mantra hotel

13 July, 2020 - Confirmation that an immigration detention guard at the Mantra Hotel in Melbourne has tested positive for Covid-19 reinforces the need for detai...

Backroom Labor boys doing their coal donors’ bidding

13 July, 2020 - The Labor party backroom boys are pressuring Queensland’s Labor Premier to approve stage 3 of the New Acland coal mine, showing fossil fuel dono...

Crown of Thorns funding is bandaid solution while climate crisis is ignored

13 July, 2020 - The Greens welcome any improvements to deal with Crown of Thorns starfish, but it is a bandaid solution while the big threats to the Reef - clim...

Feds' funding for Parks shows jobs in green recovery but much more needed

12 July, 2020 - The announcement by Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley today of funding for tourism and infrastructure at five natural attractions shows th...

Greens condemn US Marine Rotation for putting Northern Territory community at risk

10 July, 2020 - 10 July, 2020 Today, Australian Greens Peace and Disarmament spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John has expressed his frustrations that the Uni...

Greens call for inquiry into management of public housing lockdown

10 July, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have today called for an independent inquiry into how the ‘hard lockdown’ of Flemington and North Melbourne public housing ...

Tax cuts for the rich, austerity for the poor: PM & Labor embark on stupidest possible tax policy during an outbreak

9 July, 2020 - Australian Greens Leader, Adam Bandt, has described the Morrison Government’s ideological determination to cut taxes for high income earners as i...

Arts and entertainment package needs urgent increase

9 July, 2020 - The Morrison Government must significantly increase the arts and entertainment industry recovery package following a return to lockdown measures ...

Tehan childcare rules risks collapse of childcare centres: Bandt

8 July, 2020 - As Melbourne goes back into stage 3 lockdowns, the Federal government is pulling the major childcare supports which played a positive role in the...

Health Minister Must Investigate NSW Health for Sydney Airport Screening Stuff Up

8 July, 2020 - Health Minister Brad Hazzard must urgently investigate how NSW Health failed to ensure that a planeload of passengers arriving at Sydney Airport ...

Greens call on Environment Minister to immediately release interim report into environment laws

7 July, 2020 - The Greens are calling on Environment Minister Sussan Ley to immediately release the interim report into Australia's environment laws handed to h...