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ABC will continue to lose out under Liberals

3 April, 2019 - Scott Morrison’s pre-election budget has confirmed cuts to the ABC will continue under the Liberals, the Greens say.   “This is a government tha...

SA on a road to nowhere under Liberals

3 April, 2019 - South Australians have been left high and dry under Scott Morrison’s pre-election budget.   “With no marginal seats to throw cash at, South Aust...

$245.7m for school chaplains puts LGBTIQ+ students in danger, say Greens

3 April, 2019 - The Morrison government putting $245.7 million into religious chaplains in secular, public schools over the next four years puts LGBTIQ+ student...

Christmas Island reopening a cynical waste

3 April, 2019 - The Liberals spending $185m to reopen and then close Christmas Island is rank cynicism and deeply wasteful, Greens Immigration spokesperson Nick...

Greens Give Morrison Budget an 'F' on School Funding

3 April, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator for NSW and Spokesperson for Education, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has given the Federal Budget an F on school funding and has...

$400k in Budget for national EV strategy a joke, say Greens

3 April, 2019 - The Morrison government’s $400,000 allocation for a national electric vehicle strategy in the Budget is an absolute joke, especially when they h...

Budget infrastructure spending shows a complete lack of vision and porkbarrelling, say Greens

3 April, 2019 -  The Morrison’s government’s infrastructure spending demonstrates a complete lack of vision and pre-election porkbarrelling to save the skin of ...

Greens: Election Budget Won't Impress Canberrans

3 April, 2019 - The Election Budget delivered by the Morrison Government last night will do nothing to impress Canberrans crying out for action on climate chang...

It's official - Environment & Local Government Ministers stripped of all power

3 April, 2019 - The Berejiklian government has official stripped Ministers for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government of all their responsibilities to m...

Inspector characterises Hakea prison as “overcrowded, over-stretched and over-stressed

3 April, 2019 -  Media Release: Tuesday 2 April 2019   Greens spokesperson for Corrective Services Hon Alison Xamon MLC has today called on the ...

Mental Health Code of Practice falls short of meaningful change for FIFO workers

3 April, 2019 - Greens spokesperson for Mental Health Hon Alison Xamon MLC has said that the Code of Practice for the mental health of FIFO workers released tod...

Lethal shark culling to end in Great Barrier Reef

2 April, 2019 - Healthy Oceans spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, today praised the order from the Administrative Appeals Tribunal which will see an end ...

Federal Budget a cynical mess: Greens

2 April, 2019 - This budget is a cynical attempt to buy votes instead of planning for the nation’s looming challenges. What we needed was a plan to tackle the c...

Independence lost and this state's natural, cultural and built heritage will suffer

2 April, 2019 - The Liberal government has today indicated they intend to dissolve crucial independent offices including the Office of Environment and Heritage ...

Labor dishes up dog's breakfast of Liberal leftovers on climate

1 April, 2019 - Labor dishes up dog's breakfast of Liberal leftovers on climate Greens’ climate change spokesperson and Co-Deputy Leader, Adam Bandt, said that ...