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A sham ICAC from a sham government

13 December, 2018 - Greens spokesperson for democracy Senator Larissa Waters said 10 years after the Greens first called for a federal anti-corruption body to o...

Morrison’s new laws must not undermine anti-discrimination protections

13 December, 2018 - A Religious Discrimination Act should not be used to undermine or override state based anti-discrimination laws, the Australian Greens say, ...

Canberrans have a clear path to help #StopAdani

13 December, 2018 - Tim Hollo, Greens candidate for the new seat of Canberra and a climate campaigner for the past 20 years, today welcomed the #StopAdani coali...

Exporting rare Australian birds must be halted and investigated: Greens

12 December, 2018 - The Australian Greens are calling for an immediate halt to the export of native animals, and an independent inquiry into how hundreds of end...

Australian Greens deeply concerned by deterioration of human rights in Bangladesh

12 December, 2018 - The Australian Greens are deeply worried by the deteriorating human rights situation in Bangladesh, in particular the ongoing crackdown on f...

Fee Free University and TAFE: Greens Launch Transformational 5 Point Plan for Higher Education

11 December, 2018 - The Australian Greens will be taking a transformational higher education package to the Federal Election aimed at breaking successive Labor ...

Australia sucks up to Trump at Katowice

11 December, 2018 - Australia sucks up to Trump at Katowice Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said the Morrison government was s...

Another tragic drug death shows hard-line approach failing to save lives

10 December, 2018 - Australian Greens Leader Dr Richard Di Natale has called for governments across Australia to urgently adopt pill testing, following another ...

Sanjeev Gupta shows up Coalition Government on energy leadership

10 December, 2018 - GFG’s announcement to transform Whyalla into a renewable energy super power shows the Coalition Government’s lack of leadership is letting A...

"People In" - Greens launch Participatory Democracy project for Canberra

10 December, 2018 - Amid growing concern about the state of our democracy, and days after the release of the damning University of Canberra report Trust an...

Greens NSW asks Jeremy Buckingham to stand aside from state election ticket

8 December, 2018 - Greens NSW Media Statement  Saturday, 8 December 2018   The Greens NSW Co-Convenors Sylvia Hale and Rochelle Flood today issue...

Greens table Senate’s largest ever petition to protect takayna/Tarkine

6 December, 2018 - Tasmanian Greens Senators Nick McKim and Peter Whish-Wilson have tabled the Senate’s largest ever petition, calling for takayna/Tarkine to be...

Rolling over logging laws is a death warrant for threatened species

6 December, 2018 - Last week’s rollover of the New South Wales native forest logging laws for another 20 years is nothing short of criminal. “This disastrous ro...

Govt misses opportunity to protect women from epidemic of DV

6 December, 2018 - Australian Greens spokesperson for women, Senator Larissa Waters, on the Morrison Government legislating for 5 days’ unpaid domestic and fami...

Senate passes motion marking one year since marriage equality passed the parliament

6 December, 2018 -  The Senate has passed a motion celebrating the first anniversary of marriage equality being passed in the parliament. The motion also noted ...