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Greens to seek urgent inquiry into ABC Board political interference

26 September, 2018 - The Australian Greens are calling for an urgent senate hearing with the ABC board to investigate political interference with staffing and r...

Milne must go

26 September, 2018 - Justin Milne has proven he cannot be trusted as the chair of our public broadcaster and must stand down, the Greens say.   “Mr Milne’s posi...

Government blocks support for Richmond River

26 September, 2018 - The government has just blocked a motion in the NSW Legislative Council calling on the NSW Government to protect the Richmond River, demons...

Greens welcome cancellation of Central Coast CSG licence and push for stronger community protection

26 September, 2018 - The Greens have welcomed today's announcement that the NSW Government has cancelled the PEL 461 coal seam gas exploration licence on the Ce...

Dump nuclear waste plans: Greens

25 September, 2018 - The Coalition Government must abandon its plans to dump nuclear waste in South Australia, not extend their consultation process, the Greens...

The Greens’ Smartbus Solution

25 September, 2018 - The Greens will commit $500 million for a network of SmartBus routes to be rolled out across Melbourne as part of a suite of policies to tr...

ABC must stand strong against attacks from Coalition Government & Murdoch

24 September, 2018 - A well-funded, independent public broadcaster is essential for a healthy democracy, the Australian Greens say. “At a time when trust in pol...

Greens question State Government over compulsory acquisition of land for new Tweed Hospital

24 September, 2018 - Greens MP and Health spokesperson, Dawn Walker has questioned the NSW Government over their plans to compulsorily acquire land for the new ...

Dutton hanging by a thread: Bandt

20 September, 2018 - Dutton hanging by a thread: Bandt Greens Co-Deputy Leader and Member for Melbourne today said that the one vote difference (67 in favour, 6...

Royal Commission: Major parties block disability community's opportunity for justice

20 September, 2018 - Wednesday, 19 September An Australian Greens motion calling for the terms of reference of a proposed Royal Commission to be expanded to cov...

Senate Calls on Federal Government to Enact a National Homelessness Plan

20 September, 2018 - The Australian Senate has today called on the Federal Government to take a national approach to homelessness and to develop a National Home...

Weak Coalition Government Hands Hush Money to Independent and Catholic School Sector

20 September, 2018 - Australian Greens Education Spokesperson, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has slammed the Federal Government’s announcement today on Catholic and I...

Labor must not bow to Catholic School demands

20 September, 2018 - The Victorian Greens have called on the Andrews Government not to bow to the demands of Catholic Schools after the Catholic Education Commi...

Greens uncover new figures and brand logging in Eden forests as ‘economically reckless’

20 September, 2018 - Greens NSW MP and Forest spokesperson, Dawn Walker has criticised the Government’s ongoing logging operations in the Eden region and called...

Tick and flick on Adani’s 12.5b litre water pipeline shows big business running parliament

19 September, 2018 - Big business is now running parliament and the Government is not even pretending to anymore, Greens Senator for Queensland and mining and r...