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Court ruling on coal and climate change a game changer: Bandt

8 February, 2019 - Court ruling on coal and climate change a game changer: Bandt Today’s NSW Land and Environment Court ruling preventing a new coal mine in NSW...

Greens Welcome Tertiary Education Union Call for Free Higher Education

8 February, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator for NSW and Spokesperson for Education, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has welcomed the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU...

More electoral reform flagged as ACT Greens urge major parties to back gambling ban

8 February, 2019 - The Greens have today called on the major parties to ban gambling donations and large donations from corporates and major donors. “When i...

Breakthrough judgment on Rocky Hill: courts recognize climate change, when will Parliament?

8 February, 2019 - The Land and Environment Court has today handed down its decision on the Rocky Hill Coal Mine. This landmark decision is the first time we se...

Statement from Victorian Greens Co-Convenors

8 February, 2019 - Two proposals were put to Victorian Greens State Council on Saturday regarding transgender-exclusionary rhetoric. Contending views put forwar...

Office of Senator Janet Rice - Volunteer Program

7 February, 2019 - Your chance to be part of democracy in action this federal election. Are you passionate about tackling our climate crisis? LGBTIQ+ rights? Ec...

Greens’ Murray Darling Basin Royal Commission terms released

7 February, 2019 - The Australian Greens have today released draft terms of reference for a federal Royal Commission into the Murray Darling Basin.   “We know ...

Remembering Black Saturday

7 February, 2019 - This week, most Victorians will think back to exactly where they were on Black Saturday. For many, the memories are still incredibly raw a...

Planning law has power to destroy our community

7 February, 2019 - Greens call for immediate moratorium on manor houses. Greens Member for Ballina Tamara Smith MP is calling for an immediate moratorium on ...

Bird exports must be stopped and investigated

6 February, 2019 - Reports of more rare and endangered birds being exported to Germany and into the hands of a convicted criminal must be investigated urgently,...

Morrison Government playing politics with disabled people when it comes to Paralympic funding: Steele-John

6 February, 2019 - Wednesday, 6th February 2019 Australian Greens Disability Rights spokesperson Senator Jordon Steele-John has welcomed Prime Minister Morrison...

Speirs aimed at wrong target

5 February, 2019 - The South Australian Liberal Government needs to stop fighting the SA Royal Commissioner and start fighting for our water if they are serious...

An immediate fix for unsafe cladding

5 February, 2019 - Victorian Greens leader Samantha Ratnam is calling for the urgent replacement of flammable cladding on buildings that have been identifi...

Banking Royal Commission report a small step towards the reform we deserve

4 February, 2019 - Today’s disappointing final report into the banking and financial services industry will slow, but not end decades of money grabbing and unet...

Manus and Nauru medical evacuation legislation

4 February, 2019 - The Prime Minister’s proposed change to medical assessment for people in offshore detention is nothing more than a shuffling of administrativ...