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Where is the Environment Minister?

9 January, 2020 - The Federal Environment Minister is missing in action despite reports that more than a billion native animals have been impacted and killed in...

Greens call for ‘Fighting Fund’ for the environment decimated by fires

8 January, 2020 - The Greens have called on the Prime Minister to establish a ‘Fighting Fund’ for the environment to restore and protect the flora and fauna dec...

Greens call for Government support for wildlife carers, native animal inquiry following devastating bushfires

7 January, 2020 - Australian Greens Senator for NSW and Animal Welfare Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has called for State and Federal Governments to provide ...

Greens call again for roadside corflute ban

7 January, 2020 - As election corflutes begin littering Canberra streets, the ACT Greens have again called for a ban on roadside electoral signs during local el...

Green Issue: Editorial December 2019

7 January, 2020 - By the Green Issue Editors This Green Issue focusses on the plight of the beleaguered forests of the south-west (SW) of Western Australia. ...

Secret exports are scandalous

7 January, 2020 - But the real crime is what is happening in the forests By Jess Beckerling, Campaign Director, Forests For Life; Convener, WA Forest Allianc...

Are old-growth forests really protected?

7 January, 2020 - Despite the promise of protection of WA’s old-growth forests in 2001, dubious definitions of what constitutes “old-growth” allow continued des...

Forests For Life

7 January, 2020 - A 2020 Vision for the Forests By Jess Beckerling, Campaign Director, Forests For Life; Convener, WA Forest Alliance Forest conservation ...

Forests and Climate Change

7 January, 2020 - Forests play a key role in determining climate, locally and globally, and their importance increases as global temperatures rise. By Chris ...

Greens call on Federal Govt to take urgent action for bushfire-affected wildlife

6 January, 2020 - With an estimated half a billion native animals killed by the devastating bushfires across Australia, the Greens are calling on the Federal Go...

Rachel Siewert’s December Update

6 January, 2020 - Shining a light on the deficiencies of Newstart, Jobactive, robodebt and the cashless debit card, but more to do in 2020 By Senator Rachel ...

Alison Xamon’s December Update

6 January, 2020 - So much activity this year across all of my portfolios – right across the social justice spectrum – and finding time for increased climate act...

Diane Evers’ December Update

6 January, 2020 - The hard work in passing the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill, and introduction of Rights of Nature, Environment Court and Royalties for Regions ...

Tim Clifford’s December Update

6 January, 2020 - Gearing up for effective climate action in 2020 and indeed for the new, critical, decade we are just entering By Hon. Tim Clifford, MLC for...

Priorities all wrong as NSW Coalition delivers hundreds fewer paid fire fighters

4 January, 2020 - Analysis by the Greens NSW shows in the nine years since the Coalition was elected in NSW the number of paid professional firefighters has bee...