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Infrastructure Victoria's report highlights Government's need for strong action on recycling

21 October, 2019 - The Victorian Greens have welcomed Infrastructure Victoria’s interim report on how to tackle the state’s waste and recycling crisis, which su...

Momentum grows for lowering voting age as Greens - local and national - fight for reform

21 October, 2019 - Today the Australian Greens have introduced a bill in the House of Representatives to lower the voting age to 16, marking another major miles...

Communities are being neglected by Government in state's waste crisis

21 October, 2019 - The Victorian Greens have called on the Government to put the health and safety of communities first and fix the waste crisis. With news t...

Horse Traceability Scheme Vital Following ABC 730 Horse Racing Cruelty Exposé

18 October, 2019 - Greens Senator for NSW and Animal Welfare Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has reacted to a shocking ABC 730 exposé into the abuse and cruel ...

Medevac Repeal report

18 October, 2019 - Evidence heard during the medevac inquiry made an overwhelming case for keeping the legislation in place, Greens Immigration spokesperson Nic...

State government’s silicosis initiatives will fail workers

18 October, 2019 - The initiatives announced today by the State government fail to respond to the dramatic nature of the problem of workers dying from silicosis...

Free Trade Agreements must protect Australian Workers & the integrity of our democracy over corporate interests

17 October, 2019 - Australian Greens Trade spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John has called on the government to protect the rights of Australian workers and ...

Greens Slam Labor and Liberal Collusion to Scrap Education Investment

17 October, 2019 - Greens Senator for NSW and Education Spokesperson, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has slammed Labor and the Liberals for striking a deal to sell out TAFE...

Major parties tested by introduction of Greens Parliamentary Standards Bill

17 October, 2019 - The introduction of the Greens Parliamentary Standards Bill in the Senate today will be a strong test of whether Labor and the Liberals genui...

Murray-Darling Basin Plan in tatters

17 October, 2019 - Legislation tabled in the NSW Parliament last night effectively tears up the Murray-Darling Basin Plan leaving the environment and downstream...

More evidence of a mental health system in crisis: Greens

17 October, 2019 - The Greens spokesperson for Mental Health the Hon Alison Xamon MLC is dismayed by the failure of our mental health system to meet the needs o...

Federal Govt refuses to rule out privatisation of National Parks for high-end resorts

16 October, 2019 - The Federal Government has today refused to rule out the privatisation of National Parks for high-end resorts, again putting the interests of...

Senate calls on Feds to rule out funding NSW dams that bypass enviro laws

16 October, 2019 - The Senate has today passed a Greens’ motion calling on the Federal Government to rule out giving any public funding to dam and water infrast...

Barilaro’s Dam Stupid Idea: Cate Faehrmann

16 October, 2019 - The Government’s plan to fast-track the approval and construction of dams in Western NSW will do nothing to prevent towns reaching ‘Day-Zero’...

Councils across the state take key leadership role on Climate Emergency

16 October, 2019 - The Local Government NSW annual conference representing 127 councils across NSW yesterday passed a motion declaring a climate emergency, refl...