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Greens welcome Liddell sale refusal: Bandt

21 May, 2018 - Greens welcome Liddell sale refusal: Bandt Greens spokesperson for climate change and energy Adam Bandt MP today welcomed AGL’s decision to rejec...

Major ‘Moogy’ Sumner AM announced as the Australian Greens candidate for Mayo

18 May, 2018 - The Australian Greens are thrilled to announce Major ‘Moogy’ Sumner AM, Ngarrindjeri elder, will contest the seat of Mayo in the upcoming by-elec...

Major ‘Moogy’ Sumner AM announced as the Australian Greens candidate for Mayo

18 May, 2018 - The Australian Greens are thrilled to announce Major ‘Moogy’ Sumner AM, Ngarrindjeri elder, will contest the seat of Mayo in the upcoming by-elec...

Northern summer ban still best option for live sheep trade

18 May, 2018 - Greens (WA) agriculture spokesman Diane Evers says a ban on live sheep exports to the Middle East during the northern hemisphere summer is still ...

Greens announce candidate in Griffith

18 May, 2018 - The Queensland Greens have announced Max Chandler-Mather, community and union organiser as their candidate for the federal electorate of Griffith...

Support the environment and your hip pocket by going paperless

18 May, 2018 - Shane Rattenbury, MLA Did you know that the paper bill in your mailbox could be costing you in addition to the bill itself? Minister for Consumer...

Salinity in WA a forgotten problem

18 May, 2018 - Greens (WA) MLC for the South West, Diane Evers, says urgent action needs to be taken over the management of salinity problems in WA. Ms Evers ma...

Australian Defence Force taking threat of climate change seriously, if only the Government would too

17 May, 2018 - Greens Defence spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on the release of the Senate Inquiry report into the ‘Im...

Nation’s climate action capital sets world-leading environmental targets

17 May, 2018 - Shane Rattenbury, MLA ACT Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability Shane Rattenbury announced the ACT is among world leaders in climate pol...

Australian Defence Force taking threat of climate change seriously, if only the Government would too

17 May, 2018 - Greens Defence spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on the release of the Senate Inquiry report into the ‘Im...

Greens welcome much needed inquiry into gay conversion therapy

17 May, 2018 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed the state's inquiry into gay conversion therapy, just two months after the party announced it would establish ...

Climate Emergency declared in the ACT: an Australian first for states and territories

16 May, 2018 - Thanks to Greens efforts in the ACT Legislative Assembly, the ACT has now been declared in a state of ‘climate emergency’—the first Australian state or territory to do so.

Deloitte youth survey evidence we need to lower the voting age to 16 and increase democratic participation: Greens

16 May, 2018 - Wednesday, 16 May 2018 Australian Greens Youth Affairs spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John has pointed to the results of a Deloitte survey re...

Turnbull Government has no right to risk the Bight

16 May, 2018 - The Australian Greens strongly condemn the Turnbull Government for further opening up the Great Australian Bight for oil and gas drilling. “Despi...

Labor puts the poor last with promises on debt and tax cuts but nothing on Newstart

16 May, 2018 - Greens Treasury spokesperson, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, provides the following comments on Labor pledging larger surpluses to pay down debt tha...