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ABS data demands more for women from Government

29 May, 2020 - Today's ABS Household data survey provides further confirmation that the impacts of COVID crisis are falling disproportionately to women. The Gre...

Free Childcare Must Be Extended

29 May, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has called on the Education Minister to extend the current free childcare arrange...

Increased train and tram services are necessary as COVID-19 restrictions ease

29 May, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have called on the state government to urgently increase the state's train and tram frequency to prevent the looming congest...

ACT Greens secure win for community against big, dirty waste polluters

29 May, 2020 - The ACT Greens today welcomed the ACT Government’s long-awaited commitment to rule out any incineration of waste - a polluting, dirty means of wa...

A chance to reset

29 May, 2020 - Right now is a crucial moment – a chance to reset – and it calls for climate champions like you. By the Australian Greens This past week,...

What we do next matters

29 May, 2020 - Instead of going back to normal, we can build a better normal. Right now, we have a chance to map our way out of the jobs and economic crisis and...

Doing politics differently

29 May, 2020 - The Australian Greens are very proud to say the party is now led by an office bearer group made up entirely of women. By Willisa Hogarth ...

Australia’s migration system and COVID-19

29 May, 2020 - Refugees and people seeking asylum have been among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 crisis – and a great deal of it is due to deliberate governmen...

Jack Mundey: why the inspiration lives on

29 May, 2020 - Earlier this month, activist and Greens legend Jack Mundey passed away aged 90. Former senator Lee Rhiannon shares his story and reminds us of hi...

Greens launch campaign to save live music in Victoria

28 May, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have launched a campaign calling on Premier Andrews to create a $50 million dollar dedicated fund for live music venues that...

Governments must account for process that allowed for destruction of sacred Pilbara site

27 May, 2020 - Greens Spokesperson on First Nations issues Senator Rachel Siewert said: “I am appalled and deeply upset for the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura...

AFP should rule out charging ABC journos too

27 May, 2020 - The AFP should rule out charging ABC journalists Sam Clark and Dan Oakes following today’s welcome announcement that charges won’t be laid agains...

Federal Court judgement puts all native forest logging on notice

27 May, 2020 -   The Greens say that all native forest logging operations across Australia now face a cascade of legal challenges, after today’s Federal Court ...

Strip search class action shows need for law change

27 May, 2020 - The announcement today that Redfern Legal Centre and Slater and Gordon are joining together to bring a class action for unlawful police strip sea...

Damning Federal Court ruling shows Andrews must stop logging now

27 May, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have called on Premier Andrews to immediately bring forward the state’s transition out of native forest logging, following t...