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Greens launch debt-led economic recovery plan including a jobs and income guarantee and massive green investment

18 May, 2020 - Young people will be guaranteed a job, secure income, and free education under a new Greens recovery plan to restart the economy and build ‘a bet...

Growing back our local Sports Clubs

18 May, 2020 - Tamara Smith MP, Member for Ballina today announced $77.5k in funding for 17 clubs in the Ballina Electorate through the Local Sports Grant Progr...

Student access to laptops and devices at home shouldn't be temporary

18 May, 2020 - The laptops and devices being loaned to Victorian students by the state government during the COVID-19 crisis should continue to remain available...

Government's housing investment will hardly put dent in 100,000-strong waiting list

18 May, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have said the state government’s commitment to build 168 new social housing units goes nowhere near putting a dent in the st...

All States & Territories Put Commonwealth To Shame Over International Students

16 May, 2020 - Australian Greens Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has said that all states and territories have put the federal government to shame...

Greens call for safe bike network in Melbourne in response to COVID-19

16 May, 2020 - The Victorian Greens have called on the state government to invest in a safe bike network for Melbourne as part of its economic response to the C...

Greens Back Global Call For Debt Forgiveness

14 May, 2020 - The Australian Greens have joined an international delegation signing onto a letter calling for extensive debt forgiveness from international fin...

Prohibited Items Bill

14 May, 2020 - The Government’s latest attempt to prohibit items in immigration detention centres is a massive overreach, Greens Immigration spokesperson Nick M...

A lost generation looming as youth bear brunt of corona crisis

14 May, 2020 - The Australian Greens have responded to today's jobs figures showing nearly 4 in 10 young people without a job or enough hours of work, warning t...

Greens introduce Level Playing Field Bill to correct sports rorts injustice

14 May, 2020 - Today the Greens will introduce a bill to empower Sport Australia to fund the sports clubs whose applications they recommended under the Communit...

Greens extend workers compensation to essential workers for COVID-19

13 May, 2020 - The NSW Greens have successfully amended emergency government legislation in NSW parliament to extend workers compensation benefits to cover COVI...

Expansion of ASIO powers unjustified

13 May, 2020 - The Government’s latest attempt to expand ASIO’s powers is cynical and unjustified, the Greens say. “Yet again, Peter Dutton is trying to increas...

Greens call for Federal Parliament to sit in June

13 May, 2020 - The Greens will introduce a motion in the Senate calling for Federal Parliament to sit in June to strengthen democracy and address ongoing issues...

Lower Lakes Independent Review a dire warning

12 May, 2020 -     Responding to the Independent Review into the Lower Lakes, Greens Spokesperson for Water and Senator for South Australia Sarah Hanson-Young s...

Greens Move To Allow Universities Access To JobKeeper

12 May, 2020 - The Greens have lodged a motion in the Senate to disallow parts of the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Amendment Ru...