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‘Ludicrous’: First new coal license set to be granted in Sydney Basin since 1993

14 August, 2018 - The Greens NSW mining spokesman Jeremy Buckingham today expressed outrage that the NSW Government intend to grant the first new coal explora...

Australia’s infrastructure facing catastrophe from climate change, says senate inquiry report

13 August, 2018 - A senate inquiry chaired by Greens Senator Janet Rice has found that infrastructure such as transport, housing, electricity and water at major...

Endangered Handfish should be a redline for the Norfolk Bay fish farm move

13 August, 2018 - Greens Senator for Tasmania, Peter Whish-Wilson, is calling on the Federal Environment Minister to call in the proposed  Norfolk Bay fish farm...

Senate forces Minister to reveal full NEG modelling

13 August, 2018 - Senate forces Minister to reveal full NEG modelling Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said that the government...

Government continues to punish young people while students are starving

13 August, 2018 - Reports that students are going hungry or dropping out because of the increasing costs of a university education shows the Government has its ...

Greens: Redfern/Darlington Sell-off Must be Stopped

13 August, 2018 - Greens Member for Newtown, Jenny Leong MP, has slammed the latest sell off of land around Redfern station reported in the SMH today and called...

Greens commit to Melbourne Metro 2

13 August, 2018 - As part of their 2018 election platform, The Greens have pledged $100 million to start planning for Melbourne Metro 2 which includes: ·A ra...

Government poked in eye by States on NEG

10 August, 2018 - Government poked in eye by States on NEG Greens climate and energy spokesperson, Adam Bandt MP, has welcomed the refusal by the State governme...

Greens call for urgent intervention in light of NSW Auditor General’s report on FACS failures

10 August, 2018 - Greens NSW Housing spokesperson Jenny Leong MP has called for an urgent intervention to protect public housing tenants in response to the damn...

Hodge podge spending caps will damage local democracy

10 August, 2018 - Bizarre changes to spending caps in Local Government elections have resulted in a disastrously inconsistent scheme resulting in inequitable sp...

NSW should follow New Zealand's lead and Ban the Bag

10 August, 2018 - The Greens NSW have welcomed Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's announcement that New Zealand will phase-out single-use plastic shopping bags ove...

Bandt’s message to Labor: Don’t betray renewables by supporting NEG.

9 August, 2018 - Bandt’s message to Labor: Don’t betray renewables by supporting NEG. Greens climate change and energy spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today called o...

Council pans proposal to build senior housing on the Woy Woy Bowling Club

9 August, 2018 - A highly contentious proposal to build seniors housing on flood prone land at Woy Woy has been brutally rebuffed in a report by Central Coast C...

Racing Amendment (Integrity and Disciplinary Structures) Bill 2018

9 August, 2018 - Ms PENNICUIK (Southern Metropolitan) — I rise this evening to speak on the Racing Amendment (Integrity and Disciplinary Structures) Bill 2018, ...