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Government undermines circular economy by allowing 85 per cent of Victoria's waste to be burned

26 February, 2020 - The Andrews Government has announced that it will allow one million tonnes – or 85 per cent – of Victoria’s household waste to be incinerate...

ACT Greens: New Woden CIT campus a chance to 'give back to the community'

26 February, 2020 - “Like so many in the Woden Valley, the Greens have long argued that Woden is in desperate need of urban renewal," ACT Greens Member for Murr...

Fixing the $52 million RFS donations mess

26 February, 2020 - The Greens NSW are introducing legislation to ensure the $52 million donated to the Rural Fires Trust during the catastrophic fire season ca...

Government's approval of duck shooting season ignores community pleas

26 February, 2020 - The Andrews Government has yet again decided to green light the annual slaughter of native waterbirds in Victoria, despite months of protest...

ACT Government to investigate mobile phone detection cameras

26 February, 2020 - The ACT Government is investigating the introduction of mobile phone detection cameras to help address the significant safety concerns arisi...

Net-zero by 2050 not enough, Australia's leading climate scientists say

25 February, 2020 - Leader of the Australian Greens, Adam Bandt MP, has commended Australia’s leading climate scientists for their courage in warning that both ...

Greens use the Parliament to press for justice for Julian Assange

25 February, 2020 - Greens MPs have used the Federal Parliament to demand justice for Julian Assange, as his extradition hearing begins in London. In the House ...

TAFE HECS plans raise prospect of increased fees

25 February, 2020 - The NSW Government proposal to introduce the HECS system for TAFE students raises the very real prospect of significant fee increases, and t...

Greens move to cap political donations

24 February, 2020 - The Greens will move to get big money out of politics this week by introducing a bill to cap donations to political parties at  $1000 per ye...

Media Release: Greens Bill bans all coal mines in Galilee Basin

24 February, 2020 - Greens Senate Leader Senator Larissa Waters has today introduced a bill in the Senate to ban thermal coal mines in the Galilee Basin, effect...

'Climate Trigger' laws off to Senate Inquiry

24 February, 2020 - Debate commenced in the Senate today on the Greens ‘Climate Trigger’ Bill which would require climate impacts and carbon emissions to be ass...

Greens move to give climate victims the right to sue fossil fuel companies

24 February, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt has introduced a Bill into the House of Representatives - Liability for Climate Change Damage (Make the Polluters P...

Waste reform welcome, but Government mustn't burn their way to target

24 February, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed the Andrews Government’s ambitious plan to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill by 80 per cent ov...

Victoria needs 'cash for containers' scheme sooner than 2023

24 February, 2020 - After campaigning on the issue for more than a decade, the Victorian Greens have welcomed the Victorian Labor Government’s decision to intro...