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GREENS SLAM STATE LABOR GOVERNMENT FOR LEAVING CRISIS UNITS EMPTY AMID FAMILY VIOLENCE CRISIS 

4 June, 2025 - The Victorian Greens have condemned the Labor Government for failing to fund the operation of 28 high-security crisis units for women and childre...

Labor’s Aged Care Act deferral a brief reprieve for older people who will be forced to pay more

4 June, 2025 - The Greens have cautiously welcomed the deferral of the major parties’ Aged Care Act to 1 November, which will provide a brief reprieve for older...

Raising the rate crucial to tackling violence against women

4 June, 2025 - The Australian Greens have urged the Albanese Government to urgently lift income support recipients out of poverty and put an end to the punitive...

Senator Barbara Pocock to take up housing fight

4 June, 2025 - The Greens have named Senator Barbara Pocock as the party’s new housing spokesperson, in recognition of her significant achievements in the last ...

Greens Leader announces portfolios for the 48th Parliament, will make women's safety a priority of leadership

4 June, 2025 - Leader of the Australian Greens Senator Larissa Waters has announced the party’s new portfolio allocations ahead of parliament returning in July....

Labor-Shooters Coalition set to hijack environment in deal with the devil

3 June, 2025 - The Minns Labor Government is repeating mistakes made 22 years ago by giving into demands from the gun lobby. The NSW Parliament is set to vote o...

The early learning crisis in rural and regional Australia

3 June, 2025 - This op-ed was published in Stock and Land and The Weekly Times in April 2025.  From the orchards of my family’s farm in western Victoria...

FWC 3.5% increase good news, but further to go to address historical decline in real wages

3 June, 2025 - The Fair Work Commission’s 3.5% increase is good news for workers, but there is still more work to be done to restore the purchasing power of the...

Circular solutions create a new normal

2 June, 2025 - Ballina Shire Council has been awarded $34,200 by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to help deliver innovative local waste and recyc...

Circular solutions create a new normal

2 June, 2025 - Ballina Shire Councilhas been awarded $34,200 by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to help deliver innovative local waste and recycl...

As genocide escalates, unis must stop the shameful crackdown on Palestine protesters

2 June, 2025 - Senator Mehreen Faruqi,  Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Higher Education Spokesperson has responded to news that two University of Melb...

Statement on Senator Cox

2 June, 2025 - The Greens have expressed disappointment at Senator Cox’s decision to join the Labor party as a backbencher. Senator Cox advised Senator Laris...

Student debt rise of 3.2% on June 1 shows Labor’s indexation tweaks and one-off debt cut are woefully inadequate

30 May, 2025 - On 1 June 2025, student debts will rise by 3.2%. This indexation rate, which is based on the  Consumer Price Index (CPI), is a product of th...

Emissions remain higher under Albanese than Morrison, on the same week Labor approves ‘carbon bomb’

30 May, 2025 - The latest quarterly emissions update has revealed emissions are still going up and remain higher under Anthony Albanese than when Scott Morrison...

Major parties’ climate apathy will leave our reef ‘in danger’

30 May, 2025 - The Australian Greens echo the calls from the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for the Queensland and Australian governments to take drastic measu...