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Senate Votes in Favour of Australian Greens Motion for Strong Gun Control

28 November, 2018 - Australian Greens Spokesperson for Gun Control and Senator for NSW, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has welcomed the Senate voting for her motion reaffir...

Minister Tehan’s New Research National Interest Test Farcical and Dangerous

28 November, 2018 - Australian Greens Education Spokesperson and Senator for NSW, Dr Mehreen Faruqi, has called the Liberal/National Government’s new research n...

Proud to see students acting on climate change

28 November, 2018 - Students planning to participate in a national school strike this Friday calling for emergency action on climate change should ignore the Pr...

Defence call out laws

27 November, 2018 - The passage of laws to make it easier for Governments to use the army within Australia is a dangerous step for our country, Greens Justice s...

ACT Greens’ proposal to better support low-income Canberrans

27 November, 2018 - The ACT Greens have today proposed a raft of new measures to help make Canberra fairer. In a motion to be debated in the Assembly this w...

Guilty plea over water theft will do little to stop over extraction

27 November, 2018 - Greens NSW Water Spokesperson Jeremy Buckingham has welcomed a guilty plea to water theft charges by a big irrigator but warned that le...

Greens motion for national anti-corruption commission passes both houses of parliament

26 November, 2018 - After ten years of pushing, the Greens are thrilled their motion calling on the Morrison Government to establish a national anti-corruption ...

Kids should defy PM’s school lecture: Bandt

26 November, 2018 - Kids should defy PM’s school lecture: Bandt Students planning to participate in a national school strike this Friday calling for emergency a...

Liberal Government inaction on climate is dooming our natural environment

26 November, 2018 - The Senate has backed  a Greens’ motion declaring climate change is the biggest threat to life on our planet, calling on the Liberal Governm...

Greens to bring Bight drilling ban debate to Senate

26 November, 2018 - Australian Greens environment spokesperson Senator Sarah Hanson-Young will bring her Private Member’s Bill to ban oil and gas drilling in th...

Education Minister Must Not Ditch University Sexual Assault Taskforce

23 November, 2018 - The Australian Greens have called on the Education Minister to not ditch a proposed university sexual assault taskforce . Fairfax Media has ...

WestConnex M4-M5 Tunneling depths a disaster for the Inner West

23 November, 2018 - According to the WestConnex M4-M5 Link map showing the proposed tunnel depths throughout the Inner West, many homes located above parts of t...

The arts are more than industries: stability needed in the sector

23 November, 2018 - In the lead up to the Victorian state election on 24 November, Greens MLC for the Southern Metropolitan Region and spokesperson for the Arts...