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Auditor-General’s report on rural land buy highlights need for ACT Integrity Commission

29 June, 2018 - Auditor General Maxine Cooper’s report on Assembly of Rural Land West of Canberra exposes serious failures of integrity by the now disbanded Lan...

Family violence cross-examination changes

28 June, 2018 - The Greens welcome legislation to restrict the circumstances in which family violence survivors can be cross-examined in family law proceedings....

Senate condemns Turnbull Government for hiding from SA Royal Commission

28 June, 2018 - The Senate has today has supported a Greens motion condemning the Government for hiding from the South Australian Murray Darling Basin Royal Com...

Defence Force callout legislation

28 June, 2018 - The increased use of the Defence Force on Australian streets is deeply concerning, Australian Greens Justice spokesperson Nick McKim says. “Legi...

Government Risking our Future by Refusing to Strengthen EPA: Greens MP

28 June, 2018 - Greens NSW MP and Environment Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi MLC, has reacted to the Auditor General’s critical report into the EPA, which hig...

Ending Plastic Pollution

28 June, 2018 - The Victorian Greens have released a comprehensive policy to cut single use plastics and build a state based recycling industry. Every single...

Cuts to services for people seeking asylum

27 June, 2018 - The cuts to support for people seeking asylum in Australia are unconscionably cruel and designed to force people into poverty, Greens Immigratio...

Three days until remote Aboriginal housing funding expires and the Government must act: Greens

27 June, 2018 - The uncertainty about funding for remote Aboriginal housing past 30 June 2018 (three days from now) has become farcical and must urgently be res...

Foreign Influence and Espionage Bills

27 June, 2018 - The foreign influence and espionage legislation that is being rushed through Parliament will have serious impacts on people’s right to protest a...

Senate supports Greens motion change to opening prayers

27 June, 2018 - Today the Senate has supported a Greens motion requiring the Senate Procedure Committee to set up an inquiry into changing the Senate opening fr...

NSW Government Should Back Senate Calls For Single-use Plastics Ban

27 June, 2018 - NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian should back a recommendation from a Senate Inquiry for State and Federal Environment Ministers to work to phase o...

Past failures on hate crime show urgent need for immediate reform of police oversight

27 June, 2018 - The report from NSW Police Force Strike Force Parrabell has been released today, highlighting systemic failings by the police in responding to g...

Disgraceful stat showing 100% of children in NT youth detention are Aboriginal should prompt action

26 June, 2018 - Heartbreaking revelations that 100% of kids in Northern Territory Youth Detention are Aboriginal shows a completely broken justice system that i...

NBN must be flexible enough to meet needs of all Australians, in all living arrangements: Greens

26 June, 2018 - Tuesday, 26th June 2018 The Senate has passed an Australian Greens motion calling on the government to deliver a fit-for-purpose National Broadb...