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Why higher education in Australia should be free

14 December, 2018 - Under the Greens‘ transformative new plan, university and TAFE graduates can ditch the debt and have twenty thousand dollars extra in their ...

Lessons and learnings from the Victorian state election

14 December, 2018 - With some devastating losses around the state, the Victorian election didn’t play out quite as hoped. But from the disappointments come some...

Reflections on a global year

14 December, 2018 - The past few months have been a flurry of activity for the Global Issues Working Group (GIG) – with some exciting work on the horizon, too. ...

How democratic is the Australian system of government, really?

14 December, 2018 - Australia is often touted as having one of the most robust models of democracy in the world. But how does it compare to that of other progre...

Greens will leave no stone unturned to block government spending money on coal: Bandt

13 December, 2018 - Greens will leave no stone unturned to block government spending money on coal: Bandt Referring to Energy Minister Angus Taylor's call for p...

Morrison’s new laws must not undermine anti-discrimination protections

13 December, 2018 - A Religious Discrimination Act should not be used to undermine or override state based anti-discrimination laws, the Australian Greens say, ...

A sham ICAC from a sham government

13 December, 2018 - Greens spokesperson for democracy Senator Larissa Waters said 10 years after the Greens first called for a federal anti-corruption body to o...

Morrison’s new laws must not undermine anti-discrimination protections

13 December, 2018 - A Religious Discrimination Act should not be used to undermine or override state based anti-discrimination laws, the Australian Greens say, ...

Canberrans have a clear path to help #StopAdani

13 December, 2018 - Tim Hollo, Greens candidate for the new seat of Canberra and a climate campaigner for the past 20 years, today welcomed the #StopAdani coali...

Exporting rare Australian birds must be halted and investigated: Greens

12 December, 2018 - The Australian Greens are calling for an immediate halt to the export of native animals, and an independent inquiry into how hundreds of end...

Australian Greens deeply concerned by deterioration of human rights in Bangladesh

12 December, 2018 - The Australian Greens are deeply worried by the deteriorating human rights situation in Bangladesh, in particular the ongoing crackdown on f...

Fee Free University and TAFE: Greens Launch Transformational 5 Point Plan for Higher Education

11 December, 2018 - The Australian Greens will be taking a transformational higher education package to the Federal Election aimed at breaking successive Labor ...

Australia sucks up to Trump at Katowice

11 December, 2018 - Australia sucks up to Trump at Katowice Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said the Morrison government was s...

Another tragic drug death shows hard-line approach failing to save lives

10 December, 2018 - Australian Greens Leader Dr Richard Di Natale has called for governments across Australia to urgently adopt pill testing, following another ...

Sanjeev Gupta shows up Coalition Government on energy leadership

10 December, 2018 - GFG’s announcement to transform Whyalla into a renewable energy super power shows the Coalition Government’s lack of leadership is letting A...