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Greens MP Kobi Shetty Pushes Statewide Helium Balloon Release Ban

6 June, 2024 - Greens MP Kobi Shetty today introduced a bill to ban the release of helium balloons in NSW. The current legislation allows for a release of up to...

Independent review backs Greens calls for integrity in planning

6 June, 2024 - An independent review by PEG Consulting tabled today in the Legislative Assembly proves the community and ACT Greens were right to put planning g...

Premier's apology welcome but must come with action

6 June, 2024 - Statement attributable to Dr Amanda Cohn, Greens spokesperson for LGBTQIA+: The Greens welcome the Premier’s historic, important and overdue a...

LABOR TURN THEIR BACK ON COMMUNITIES, GREENLIGHT GAS EXTRACTION NEAR THE 12 APOSTLES 

6 June, 2024 - The Victorian Greens have slammed Labor’s decision to charge full steam ahead and extract climate-destroying gas near the 12 Apostles, despite ye...

Statement from Adam Bandt

6 June, 2024 - My lawyers have written to the Attorney-General regarding what I consider to be defamatory statements he made about me and the Greens yesterday. ...

Greens win cost of living support push for early childhood workers

5 June, 2024 - In the same week the Fair Work Commission has told women to wait for another year while it considers whether feminised industries need a pay rise...

DECADES LONG PUSH SEES VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING LEGISLATION PASSED IN THE ACT

5 June, 2024 - Canberrans will now be given agency over their end of life and the right to die with dignity after the ACT Legislative Assembly passed legislatio...

Statement on Labor’s attempt to distract from the slaughter in Gaza

5 June, 2024 - Labor’s attempts to blame the Greens for growing community disappointment over their support for the invasion of Gaza is nothing more than a defl...

Greens MP Kobi Shetty calls for state and federal funding for Leichhardt Oval

5 June, 2024 - Last night at an Extraordinary Meeting, Inner West Council committed to allocating $10 Million for the upgrade of Leichhardt Oval. While Coun...

On World Environment Day Greens call for Native Forest Logging ban, Climate Trigger for pollution

5 June, 2024 - On World Environment Day, the Greens have called on the Albanese Government to back a ban on native forest logging in order to protect nature and...

Fracking corporations can’t be trusted- this is a disaster unfolding before us

5 June, 2024 - Quotes attributable to Suki Dorras-Walker, NT Greens Candidate for Fannie Bay: “It’s clear the Labor government has no control over fracking c...

Majority want sport free, not locked behind paywall: Research

5 June, 2024 - New research reveals a majority of Australians believe sport should be free to watch for all Australians, not locked behind subscription pay...

Injection of $350,000 for volunteer groups to safeguard Canberra’s natural environment

5 June, 2024 - In celebration of World Environment Day, the ACT Government has awarded over $350,000 to 23 community-led projects as part of the 2024 round of t...

No changes planned for barriers to Escaping Violence Payment

5 June, 2024 - The Department of Social Services confirmed in estimates last night that there were no plans to reconsider eligibility criteria for the Escaping ...

Environmental failure marks World Environment Day in NSW

5 June, 2024 - Native forest logging, land clearing, ineffective biodiversity laws, inappropriate development in ecologically sensitive areas and failing emissi...