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We’ll see you in court: local community starts court challenge to stadium demolition

4 February, 2019 - Local community group Local Democracy Matters have issued a legal challenge to the State Government regarding the approval for the controvers...

Donations data shows our democracy is for sale

1 February, 2019 - The political donations data released today revealing massive corporate donations to the major parties shows our democracy is for sale and do...

Senate inquiry into the APVMA marred by donations from vested interests to Labor and Liberal parties, say Greens

1 February, 2019 - The report of the Senate inquiry into the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has been marred by the revelations...

Greens launch policy to clean up politics

1 February, 2019 - The Greens are today launching their policy to clean up politics and end the corrupting influence of big money on our democracy, so we can cr...

Member for Ballina Tamara Smith calls for compulsory acquisition of West Byron site

1 February, 2019 - State Member for Ballina, Tamara Smith MP has called on the Minister for Planning and the Minister for Environment and Heritage to compulsori...

Private Schools Continue to be Showered in Cash Under Liberals and Labor

31 January, 2019 - Australian Greens Senator for NSW and Spokesperson for Education, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has said that Catholic and private schools will continue...

Statement on the Murray Darling Basin Royal Commission

31 January, 2019 - Today we’ve seen the SA Murray Darling Basin Royal Commission deliver a stinging indictment of a plan that has become a multi-billion dollar ...

Liberals' anti-environment agenda now crystal clear

31 January, 2019 - The Marshall Liberal Government’s willful abandonment of the environment will send species extinct and further degrade struggling eco-systems...

Electric vehicle Senate inquiry recommendations leave Australia in the slow lane: Greens

30 January, 2019 - The release today of the final report of the Select Committee on Electric Vehicles shows Australia is at risk of being left behind in the ele...

Canberra renters deserve a better deal

30 January, 2019 - Rental properties are people’s homes – and renters need to know they have adequate protections to ensure basic housing security. Our current ...

Murray Darling Basin management is sacrificing the environment

29 January, 2019 - The Murray Darling Basin Plan’s compromised legal status must be taken seriously by the SA and Federal governments following the delivery of ...

More fish deaths, still no action

28 January, 2019 - The Australian Greens have called on the Prime Minister Scott Morrison to visit the Lower Darling and see the environmental disaster for hims...

Murray Darling Basin Plan managers get an F

25 January, 2019 - The Productivity Commission’s scathing report into the Murray Darling Basin Plan shows it is failing and needs serious reform and transparenc...

Minister wrong on Kangaroo Island

25 January, 2019 - SA Environment Minister David Speirs is dead wrong when he claims that private development proposals for Flinders Chase National Park on...