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Greens Move for Royal Commission into Influence of the Gambling Industry in NSW

23 August, 2023 - Greens MP and spokesperson for Gambling Harm Reduction, Cate Faehrmann, has given notice of a motion in the Upper House calling on the Governm...

Disadvantaged students pay price for two-tiered school system

23 August, 2023 - The Greens say today’s NAPLAN results are evidence that Australia’s two-tiered school system is supercharging disadvantage, and have called fo...

Older, wiser and mentally healthier Canberrans

23 August, 2023 - A new report commissioned by the ACT Government has found Canberrans have better mental health outcomes as they grow older. The PATH Throug...

River Murray Plan Requires Guarantees for SA to pass Senate: Greens

22 August, 2023 - Senator Sarah Hanson-Young is Greens spokesperson for the Environment and Manager of Business for the Greens in the Senate: “Sadly today’s ...

Labor’s decision on Greens’ gas tax amendments a key test

22 August, 2023 - The Greens say they will not be cowed by Labor’s desperate attempts to pass their weak gas tax unamended, and will move amendments when the PR...

GREENS TO CLOSE BIG FOUR PAYROLL TAX LOOPHOLE

22 August, 2023 - The Greens in NSW will be moving to close a loophole that has seen the big accounting firms pay no payroll tax on partner pay. The move to ...

ACT welcomes renewed commitment to delivering the Murray Darling Basin Plan

22 August, 2023 - ACT Minister for Water, Shane Rattenbury, has welcomed the announcement from the Federal Government that they have reached an agreement&n...

Rental crisis inquiry must be wake-up call for Victorian Labor to stand up to property industry

22 August, 2023 - The Victorian Greens have warned that until the Victorian Labor Government stands up to the property industry and implements urgent rent contr...

Forestry Corporation forced to halt logging in Newry State Forest

22 August, 2023 - NSW Forestry Corporation has been forced to give an undertaking to stop logging in Newry State Forest after a successful application to the La...

Greens welcome overdue Australian Research Council reforms

22 August, 2023 - Australian Greens Deputy Leader and Education spokesperson Senator Mehreen Faruqi has welcomed the Government’s decision to accept the recomme...

ACT Gov releases 20-year plan for Canberra’s natural resources

22 August, 2023 - Today, the ACT Government will announce the new ‘Caring for Dhawura Ngunnawal: A Natural Resource Plan for the ACT 2022-2042’ which will ...

NSW Labor breaks election promise with shameful Waterloo privatisation

21 August, 2023 - Today the NSW Minns Labor Government has broken an election promise and shamefully announced it will press ahead with plans to privatise half ...

Loy Yang A closure date to lock in twelve more years of burning coal, transition must happen sooner

21 August, 2023 - The Victorian Greens have said closing Loy Yang A in 2035 will mean twelve more years of burning coal, and have urged the Victorian Labor Gove...

Defence hands $8.5 million to conflict-ridden consultant EY to design new nuclear submarine regulator 

21 August, 2023 - In the face of a national revolt over outsourcing of key government functions to consultants, Defence has handed another big four consultant, ...

National conference confirms Labor now Australia’s centre-right party

18 August, 2023 - Greens Leader Adam Bandt said that even with the generously-named “Left” faction holding the numbers in the Party, the Labor National Conferen...