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Minister confirms in Estimates that an extension to Jobseeker supplement will be in place by January

29 October, 2020 - The Minister for Social Services has confirmed today during an Estimates hearing that the Government plans to extend the Jobseeker coronaviru...

Scott Morrison the Kim Jong-Un of climate as 75% of coal exports set to collapse

29 October, 2020 - Scott Morrison is isolating Australia from the world and our trading partners with his stubborn refusal to accept the need to decarbonise and...

Debt raising against income support recipients during a recession is a disgrace

29 October, 2020 - The Greens have called the Government's decision to recommence ‘debt raising’ against income support recipients a disgrace. We are in a reces...

Greens push for inquiry into destruction of Djab Wurrung sacred trees

29 October, 2020 - Today the Victorian Greens will introduce a motion calling for an inquiry into the destruction of sacred trees on Djab Wurrung land. The i...

SAVE THE KOALA: Greens move for moratorium on habitat clearing

28 October, 2020 - The Greens have announced they’ll move for a moratorium on koala habitat clearing to save the national treasure from extinction. The legislat...

Disturbing and shameful allegations of war crimes must be made public

28 October, 2020 - Wednesday 28 October 2020 Australian Greens Peace and Disarmament spokesperson Jordon Steele-John has called for Defence to make both the Cro...

Australians ready to join the rest of the world in action as climate crisis worsens

28 October, 2020 - As the Morrison government talks up fossil fuel subsidies with its so-called ‘gas-led recovery’, only 12% of Australians want our economic re...

Live Export Backflip Will Hurt Animals

28 October, 2020 - Australian Greens Animal Welfare spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that the federal government has done an extraordinary and devas...

Greens' motion calls on government to support a Green New Deal in Victoria

28 October, 2020 - The state government will be asked to support a Green New Deal for Victoria under a motion set to be introduced by the Greens this week and d...

Andrews must cease work on Western Highway project and protect Djab Wurrung trees: Greens motion

28 October, 2020 - The Victorian Greens will today introduce a motion in Victorian Parliament calling on the Andrews Labor Government to immediately cease works...

Environment Minister signs death warrant for Port Stephens koalas

27 October, 2020 - The Environment Minister Sussan Ley has signed a death warrant for koalas by approving the extension of the Brandy Hill quarry near Port Step...

Statement On Kashmir

27 October, 2020 - The Australian Greens stand with the Kashmiri community on 27 October as they commemorate Black Day. Kashmir is a disputed territory and it i...

Greens to introduce new bill that would set public housing targets in Victoria

27 October, 2020 - The state government would have public housing targets legislated under a new bill set to be first-read by the Victorian Greens in parliament...

Morrison's sham Carbon Credits a pro-fossil fuel perversion of the Carbon Price

26 October, 2020 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt has slammed reports of the Morrison Government offering a carbon credit scheme to Santos, saying it represented a pe...

Australia must sign the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

26 October, 2020 - Australia must urgently sign and ratify the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons now that it has become international ...